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policy, as well as a preoccupation with the crisis in Syria, would likely stall implementation of any plans. Saudi Arabia and Bahrain had enthusiastically advocated for a Gulf Union when it was rst proposed in May, arguing that a more unied region would form a bulwark against Iran. At a summit in Riyadh, the Saudi foreign minister, Saud Al Faisal, said Tehran should "keep out" of regional affairs. Read More
Al Turki, the shooting took place after Fridays demonstration, when a security patrol came under heavy re from four armed rioters on motorcycles. "A security patrol was exposed to heavy re from four armed rioters on a motorbike when pausing at a street intersection in Qatif," said Turki, as cited by state news agency SPA. One soldier was killed and another wounded and taken to hospital as a result of the attack, he added. Read More between police and protesters.
called for an unequivocal condemnation of violence, stressing the necessity not to harbour the perpetrators or condone their heinous acts. The heads and representatives of political societies outlined their vision regarding political development in Bahrain, stressing the need to reach common understandings towards ensuring further progress through constitutional institutions. Read More In a statement during a hearing hosted by Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Washington,Posner said that His Majesty King Hamad 'deserves great credit' for establishing BICI, whose process was 'unprecedented both in its scope and the unfettered access the BICI team were granted', and allowing it to take a critical look at Bahrain's human rights record and report so extensively on its ndings. Read More 'As a result, we have expanded and are doing well in new markets,' Khalid Almoayed and Sons director Abdulrahman Almoayed told our sister publication the Gulf Daily News. 'On the other hand, businesses in Bahrain have also started to look up and the future looks promising.' Read More
Posner and a host of US government ofcials along with Bahraini counterparts testied before a US congressional hearing on the implementation of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry Report, which set forth 28 recommendations for the government to ease tension within the country. Read More ruling Al-Khalifa dynasty, and for much of the past century its security backbone. Time and again, British support has enabled the Al-Khalifa regime to withstand local agitation for greater political freedoms and human rights. Britains protectorate relations with Bahrain may have formally ended on 15 August 1971, but they live on through informal channels and personal relationships in the royal, military, and commercial spheres. Read More
Bahrain: Calls for the immediate release of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), call on the authorities in Bahrain to immediately release Nabeel Rajab, President of the BCHR and director of the GCHR and to drop all charges against him. Read More
Bahraini protesters have blocked roads by setting re to tires in towns, following days of anti-regime protests across the country. Read More
Bahrain: Self-determination peaceful protests violently suppressed, numerous arrests, reports of beatings and ill treatment
On 2nd of August 2012, Bahrain witnessed numerous peaceful protests calling for democracy and freedom which were called by the February 14th Coalition in Bani Jamra, Bilad AlQadeem and AlDair and have spread in other areas under the title The People Demand Self-Determination. Read More
Bahraini protesters block roads, set fire to tires Berlin calls for freedom, democracy in Bahrain Demonstrators voice support for Bahraini revolution at Saudi Embassy in Berlin
A demonstration has been held outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Berlin to protest against the Saudi intervention in Bahrain and to express solidarity with Bahraini revolutionaries. Read More Dozens of people protested outside the Saudi-Arabian Embassy in Berlin, calling for freedom and democracy in Bahrain. They condemned the violent crackdown of antigovernment protests in the Persian Gulf sheikdom since February last year, backed by Saudi forces. Read More