Bahrain's Interior Ministry says police have released human rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja, who was detained last month after landing in the Gulf Arab country on a visit to see her jailed father.

A preteen arrested and accused of protesting in Bahrain will not get jail time, authorities said Thursday. The verdict ends the case that had elicited criticism from activists angered that ...

Inmates of Bahrain's Jau prison remain "incommunicado" and unable to contact their families following a severe crackdown on protests against poor conditions in the jail, rights activists have warned.

Bahrain’s king has ratified a new law that imposes a prison sentence of up to seven years and fine of up to $26,500 for anyone who publicly insults him, state-run media said. The new measures ...

Signs of squalor are everywhere: inmates sleeping on floors, rotting food, piles of trash, inoperable toilets, broken pipes, lack of hygiene supplies. But political paralysis remains.

Inmates at Bahrain's Jau prison, including political prisoners, have embarked on a hunger strike protesting against harsh conditions. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy reports that ...

Bahrain jail inmates reject partial plan and persist with large-scale hunger strike. ... but Bird claims there are now 804 prisoners refusing food.

Rick Loomis -- 089653.ME.1110.food.7.RL--Los Angeles, Ca.--Two Los Angeles County Sheriffs watch over inmates at the Los Angeles County Jail Ias meals are passed out ot other inmates.

In Men’s Central Jail, they say, there is almost always something burning. But there are no smoke alarms where inmates live.

(MENAFN- IANS) Tehran, Sep 5 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has said that Iran is extremely concerned about the hunger strike over "unfavourable" jail conditions in ...

DUBAI: Inmates at a Bahrain prison have launched a hunger strike over harsh prison conditions, including 23-hour cell confinement and restrictions on prayer, relatives and authorities said Thursday.