BAHRAIN: Death Penalty Upheld for Alleged Torture Victim Maher Al-Khabbaz
10 May 2017 – Bahrain’s High Appeals Court today upheld the death sentence against Maher Abbas Al-Khabbaz. Maher Khabbaz was convicted of premeditated murder of
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10 May 2017 – Bahrain’s High Appeals Court today upheld the death sentence against Maher Abbas Al-Khabbaz. Maher Khabbaz was convicted of premeditated murder of
7 May 2017 – The forth high criminal court today postponed the trial of Sheikh Isa Qassim, the most senior Shia cleric in the country,
13 April 2017 – Sudan’s president and International Criminal Court (ICC) fugitive Omar Al-Bashir is today in Bahrain meeting with the island’s King Hamad. Bahrain
10 April 2017 – A Bahraini court today imprisoned the performer Mahdi Sahwan to six months in prison and he is now being transferred to
6 April 2017 – The Formula 1 Grand Prix in Bahrain should be cancelled unless it can uphold its human rights commitments, say human rights
3 April 2017 – Bahraini military courts may now try civilians, under a constitutional amendment passed into law today by the King of Bahrain. The amendment was
On 30 March 2017 Anti-war protesters attempted to conduct a citizen’s arrest of Saudi Arabia’s Major General Ahmed Asiri, who is in London today.
29 March 2017 – Bahrain today sentenced two to death and deprived eight of their citizenship today. There are now 14 individuals on death row in
23 March 2017 – Update – After a 24-hour detention, Mohammad Al-sheikh was released from police custody. 22 March 2017 – Multi-award winning photojournalist Mohammad Al-Sheikh,
6 March 2017 – The Government of Bahrain has today launched legal proceedings to dissolve Wa’ad, the country’s leading secular, leftist opposition society. The move