Report Confirms Bahrain’s Brutal Crackdown, Use of Torture | King promises unspecified reforms

Torture of Bahraini detainees was systematic, according to the independent human rights probe tasked with investigating widespread abuse since the outbreak of Arab Spring protests in Bahrain. “It is not possible to justify torture in any way, and despite the small...

The US has finalized the sale of $53 million worth of weapons and military equipment to the dictatorship in Bahrain, despite months of widespread human rights abuses against peaceful protesters. Last month, the Department of Defense notified Congress of a deal to send...

The government of Bahrain continued its harsh crackdown on citizens' rights to free speech and freedom of assembly by fining the editor of Bahrain's main opposition newspaper and three staff members for supposedly publishing "false reports." The  Al Wasat newspaper...

Twenty six more Bahraini protesters were sent to jail to serve sentences from 5 to 15 years for involvement in recent uprisings, offenses that are essentially exercises of freedom of speech and assembly. This is only the latest incident where Shiite political...

A Bahraini princess has been accused of being involved in the torture of pro-democracy protesters detained in the country's recent crackdown on peaceful assembly. A number of the medical professionals sentenced last week to lengthy jail time for treating injured...

Bahrain Military Court Jails Doctors, Nurses for Treating Protesters | Doctors sentenced to 10-15 years in prison