Bahrain

YemenExtra Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khaled bin Ahmed Al Khalifa urged on Monday to freeze Qatar’s membership in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in order to ‘preserve’ the organization. “The right step to preserve the…

YemenExtra M.A. The Yemeni Freedom Initiative organized on Thursday a stand in solidarity, in the capital Sana'a, with the civilians in Bahrain and al-Awamiya who are subjected to physical abuse by the Bahraini and Saudi regimes. Banners…

YemenExtra Bahrain Human Rights Forum stressed that the Bahraini regime has been imposing home arrest on Sheikh Issa Qassem for 70 days, amid strict security measures. The forum added in a statement that the authorities hamper…

YemenExtra M.A. Two Bahraini teenagers have reportedly been subjected to electric shocks by police during questioning as the ruling Al Khalifah regime continues to target minors, arrest and expose them to various forms of torture…

YemenExtra M.A. A new report has revealed that a Bahraini political dissident currently held at the notorious Jaw Prison has been tormented as the ruling Al Khalifah regime continues to clamp down on opposition figures for the peaceful…

A court in Bahrain has handed down lengthy sentences to more than two dozen anti-regime activists and revoked their citizenship as the ruling Al Khalifah family continues with its oppressive measures against politicians. On…

Bill Law  a Middle East analyst and a specialist in Gulf affairs. He tweets @billlaw49. Tuesday 13 June marks the one-year anniversary of Nabeel Rajab’s incarceration on remand. The Bahraini human rights activist was arrested at his home…

YemenExtra Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt have cut diplomatic ties and all land sea and air contacts with Qatar, accusing the Persian Gulf country of supporting terrorism and interfering in their internal affairs. Riyadh…

YemenExtra M.A. Bahraini regime has issued an unjust referee against prominent Islamic scholar Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on the day the regime’s King Al Khalifa was meeting US President Donald Trump in Riyadh. On Sunday, a Bahraini…

YemenExtra SH.A. A protester was killed on Tuesday in a Bahraini police raid on a sit-in by supporters of a leading Shia cleric put on trial in the Gulf state, a rights group said. The Britain-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and…