Bahrain King Unironically Slams Assad for Not Listening to Protesters | Bahraini forces on ‘high alert’ as anniversary of crackdown looms

The Obama administration on Thursday urged the Bahraini government and pro-reform protesters to exercise restraint ahead of next week's anniversary of the February 14 uprisings last year. "The days and weeks surrounding the anniversary are a moment for all Bahrainis...

Violence and government repression of reform-minded protesters in Bahrain has escalated ahead of the February anniversary of the uprisings, as the Obama administration moves ahead with arms shipments to the despotic dictatorship. Defiant Bahraini protesters have...

Bahraini riot police attacked anti-government protesters with teargas on Monday after the funeral of a teenager killed by police last week, as violence in the Gulf state increases in the run-up to the anniversary of the uprising. Bahrain's Shi'ite Muslim majority has...

Bahraini police fired rubber bullets and tear gas on Wednesday at peaceful protesters attempting to hold a demonstration in Manama, which had been forbidden by the regime. The protesters remained non-violent as they chanted anti-regime slogans and demanded...

This week, a military court in Bahrain sentenced a policeman to more than 12 years in prison for joining protests against the royal family and the government barred a U.S. human rights activist from observing the trial of medical workers. Ali al-Ghanami, a Shiite...

Authorities in Bahrain announced on Friday they will put five police officers on trial in connection with the torture of a detainee who died while in custody. Bahrain's top prosecutor, Nawaf Hamza, said two officers have been charged with torture and mistreatment and...

The United Nation's top human rights official said on Wednesday that the U.S.-supported dictatorship in Bahrain was failing to prosecute human rights abuses and was continuing its use of excessive force against civilians. "We continue to receive reports of the...

Opposition groups in Bahrain have joined together to urge the government to engage in a "serious" dialogue for substantive democratic reform, condemning the violent attacks on civilian protesters which have again sprung up in recent days. In a statement released...