
Human Rights Watch warned on Wednesday that the health of imprisoned human rights activist Nabeel Rajab is worsening, noting that the Bahraini authorities have been arbitrarily punishing him. “A prominent Bahraini human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, is suffering from health problems that have developed or deteriorated during more than 10 ...

Bahraini courts have revoked the citizenship of dozens of people as part of the ruling Al Khalifah regime’s oppressive measures and heavy-handed crackdown on political dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom. On Tuesday, the courts sentenced three defendants to life imprisonment, while the rest were slapped ...