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Jaw Prison Administration Continues Siege of Building 7, Confronts Prisoners' Protest against Isolation with New Restrictions
2024-03-17
Security forces at the Jw Central Prison continued their siege of Building 7 in an attempt to suppress the protest and sit-in of political prisoners against the isolation policy pursued by the prison administration.
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Protests in Manama against Bennett's Visit
2022-02-16
Dozens of citizens took part in an angry protest in Manama against Israeli Prime Minister's visit to Bahrain.
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2019 Roundup: At Least 500 Bahrainis Arrested in Raid Campaigns (BFHR)
2020-01-31
2019 raid campaigns resulted in the arrest of at least 500 Bahrainis, the Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) noted, stressing that most of the raids were carried out at night and unlawfully.
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What was Former MP Osama Al-Tamimi Subjected to at the CID?
2019-08-15
No one knows what former MP Osama Al-Tamimi was subjected to after the authorities arbitrarily arrested him by breaking into his home on August 6, 2019. No one knows what Al-Tamimi faced during the five days in detention, when no news was reported on him, before his photo at Al-Salmaniya Medical Complex was circulated on August 11, showing him lying in a bed suffering a brain stroke.
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AFP: Bahrain Jails Six for Life over Police Bombing
2018-06-01
A Bahraini court on Thursday sentenced six people to life in prison for inciting riots to lure police towards a bomb, a judicial source said.
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3-Year Jail Term Issued against Suspect over “Offending Security Forces”, Burning Ties in Jid Ali
2018-04-12
The First High Criminal Court accepted the objection of a Bahraini youth (18 years) and commuted his 5-year jail term, over charge of rioting, burning tires on public street and offending security forces, to 3 years.
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Bahraini Security Forces Arrest 3 Citizens from Aali
2017-10-23
Activists on the social media reported that the security authorities arrested on Friday (October 20, 2017) three citizens from the town of Aali, amid an ongoing security campaign launched by the authorities against residents of the area.
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Tweeter Yousef Al-Jamri: I am Waiting for Official Subpoena or to Get Arrested from my Home
2017-08-04
Responding to some of the news circulated on social media outlets at the dawn of Friday (August 4, 2017), tweeter Yousef Al-Jamri denied being arrested by security forces.
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AP: Bahrain's Pearl Roundabout, Site of 2011 Protests, Reopens
2017-06-14
Bahrain's Pearl roundabout, the focal point of the island kingdom's 2011 Arab Spring protests, has reopened to traffic after being guarded by security forces for years.
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MoI Evacuates House near Sheikh Isa Qassim’s Residence after Seizing Control following Diraz Raid
2017-05-30
Security forces affiliated to Ministry of Interior evacuated a house near Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house, after seizing control of it following Diraz massacre and raid carried out on Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house.
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Security Forces Seize Control of House near Sheikh Isa Qassim’s Domicile, Expel its Owners
2017-05-30
The incidents of the bloody attack carried out on Diraz at the morning of (May 23, 2017) that left at least 5 martyrs and more than 100 injuries, 8 of whom are in the intensive care, haven’t come to an end yet.
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Reuters: Bahrain Court Sentences 17 Men on Terrorism Charges
2017-05-26
A Bahrain court sentenced 17 men to jail terms ranging from several years to life imprisonment on charges of forming a terrorist cell, the public prosecutor said on Thursday, days after a police raid killed five demonstrators.
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Photos: Security Forces Stormed Diraz at Night, Raided Sheikh Qassim’s Oratory in Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque
2017-05-25
Activists published photos on social media outlets showing security forces affiliated to the ministry of interior while raiding the besieged village of Diraz using dozens of vehicles and number of armors and accompanying some of the detainees who were arrested as a result of the bloody attack on Diraz.
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Reuters: Bahrain Security Forces Raid Home of Shi'ite Spiritual Leader
2017-05-24
Bahraini security forces on Tuesday raided the home of the kingdom's Shi'ite Muslim spiritual leader and shot dead at least one demonstrator during the operation.
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Photo Shows Bahrain Security Forces over Roof of Sheikh Qassim’s House
2017-05-23
A circulated photo (Tuesday May 23, 2017) showed the deployment of Bahraini security forces over the roof of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house.
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Photo: Al-Wefaq Member Sayed Taher Al-Moussawi Arrested
2017-05-23
Bahrain security forces arrested member of Al-Wefaq Society’s secretariat, Sayed Taher Al-Moussawi.
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Mohammad Kadhem Zainuldine Martyred at Hands of Security Forces in Diraz
2017-05-23
Youth Mohammad Kadhem Zainuldine (39 years) martyred after receiving gunshots by the forces affiliated to the ministry of interior while raiding Diraz village, where thousands are protesting outside Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house.
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SIU Interrogates 55 Police Officers on Torture Charges, Refers 4 to Trial
2017-05-06
Deputy Chief of the SIU, Mohammad Khalid al-Hazza, said that the unit received 53 complaints that varied from torture, ill-treatment and use of excessive force by members of the public security forces.
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Geneva: Finland Demands Bahrain Guarantees Independence of SIU
2017-05-02
Finland demanded the Bahraini government to guarantee the independence of the Public Prosecution’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU), which investigates cases in violations committed by police and security men.
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Court Hands down 3-Year Jail Term to Suspect for Hiding Wanted over Political Case
2017-02-24
Bahrain's First High Criminal sentenced a suspect to 3 years in prison over hiding a convict.