Bahrain News

Manama - Two days after opening, an exhibition in Bahrain dedicated to the Arab Spring-type uprising in the country was stormed by riot police who closed it down. Authorities claimed the material was likely to incite further violence.

Manama - Human Rights Watch claims that Bahraini security forces have often used disproportionate amounts of tear gas in suppressing anti-government demonstrations since 2011 when protests first began demanding reforms to the ruling monarchy.

Manama - The deputy leader of Al Wefaq party the largest opposition party in Bahrain has been jailed and faces charges of inciting terrorism among others the public prosecutor announced on Saturday (Oct. 5). A hearing will be held on the charges on October 24.

Manama - In continuing repression of any opposition to the ruling Khalifa monarchy, 37 activists were jailed for up to 15 years for "terrorist crimes." The day before (Sunday Sept. 29) another 50 activists and protest leaders had been sentenced as well.

The Bahraini regime has accused and charged 50 of its citizens. Some of them for spying for the Iranian regime as well as planning “vandalism and rioting.”

The drumbeat of war is deafening once again. These days, if the US is not fighting simultaneous wars the White House seems to reel from ennui. This time, the target is Syria.

Manama - In Bahrain demonstrations are banned. It is a crime to "incite hatred" against the security forces and people who have called the king a "dictator" have been thrown in jail.

Two attacks were carried out in villages in Bahrain. One saw a bomb explode at a police station killing a police officer. The second saw three policemen injured in a petrol bomb attack.

Bahrain’s criminal court has sentenced a 15-year-old boy named Hossein al-Havaj to five years in prison, for simply igniting a trashcan on fire, reported the Mer’at al-Bahrain news agency.

Manama - In Bahrain, a court sentenced six Twitter users to a year in prison for the crime of insulting the king, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and of "misusing the right of free expression",