U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch urged Bahrain on Wednesday to investigate allegations by four opposition activists that they were tortured in detention last month. Bahrain has banned media from reporting on the case of Abduljalil Singace, head of human rights activities at the mainly Shi’ite Haq movement, and other opposition members. Their detention on security [...]
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MORE than 100 suspects have been arrested since the launch of a nationwide crackdown on street violence last month, it was claimed yesterday. They include 26 people facing charges under anti-terror laws for allegedly being part of a network trying to destabilise the country, sources told the GDN. A defence team has now been formed [...]
Bahrain Journalist Association yesterday condemned insults and threats to the media sector. A strongly-worded statement stressed that the search for the truth is at the heart of their profession. It rejected suggestions by leading officials of Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) that the only victims of recent rioting were the perpetrators themselves. The Journalist Association [...]
Two men suspected of attempting to assassinate the editor of a Bahrain newspaper have been arrested early this morning. The duo, aged 27 and 21, have admitted attacking Al Watan managing editor Muhannad Abu Zeitoun, Public Security chief Major General Tariq bin Dayna said. They have been referred to the Public Prosecution, he said. Mr [...]
EXPERTS proposing a new island off the coast of Manama that harnesses renewable energy say it could also be used as an offshore business centre housing residential and commercial property. The idea was first floated at the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen last December, but the details have only just come to light. It [...]
FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT The atmosphere leading up to Bahrain’s parliamentary election in the end of October is getting increasingly tense as the government has arrested several leading opposition figures and cracked down on street protestors. The agitation serves to highlight the disaffection of a significant portion of the population, but there is still [...]
For nearly two weeks, the Persian Gulf island state of Bahrain has experienced near-daily disturbances following government arrests of opposition activists from the majority Shiite community. The timing of the arrests seemed geared toward preempting trouble in advance of the scheduled October 23 parliamentary and municipal elections, which minority Sunni parties and candidates are currently [...]
The three women in head scarves and black abayas surged into the main atrium of the Seef Mall at 11 p.m. the other night, unfurling a banner outside the Next clothing boutique that read, “It is forbidden to arbitrarily arrest and detain people.”
A picture was taken, and in less than a minute they had dispersed. As they tried to leave, more than a dozen plainclothes and uniformed police officers surrounded one of them, Fakhria al-Singace, pinning her spread-eagled on a cafe table.
