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The family of a jailed Bahrain activist says he has resumed a hunger strike NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Maryam al-Khawaja, who like her father, is a Bahraini human rights activist.
(Beirut) – Authorities denied many prisoners contact with their families for up to 13 days in the aftermath of violent unrest at Jaw Prison on March 10, 2015. Bahraini authorities should order ...
Bahraini prisoners’ families hold small protest during pope visit. Activists say the protesters were taken away from the protest site in a police vehicle and later released.
MANAMA, Bahrain – Families of foreigners believed missing in Iraq for more than a decade say the fall of Saddam Hussein has given them fresh hope their loved ones will be found, or at least ...
(Beirut) – Bahraini authorities are apparently targeting the family members of a prominent Bahraini activist in retribution for his human rights work, Human Rights Watch said today. Since March ...
In a move that could bring relief to grieving Bahraini families, a parliamentary proposal is calling for unpaid utility bills to be scrapped if the family’s head passes away. Spearheaded by MP ...
Maryam Alkhawaja, a Bahraini human rights activist and daughter of Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, a prominent human rights defender imprisoned since 2011, said she and others had called for the Pope to ...
Bahrain tortured my family and many others – Britain’s loyalty to it speaks volumes. Boris Johnson may see it as a pliant and reliable base from which to project British political and economic ...
The sixth generation of a Bahraini family that traces its pearling roots to 1850, Mattar is now the brand and communications director of her family business. For her, pearls are not simply objects ...
Bahraini families seeking loans to purchase or construct their own homes are to get more help from the restructured Housing Bank, it was announced Wednesday. It is being revamped, ...
The refusal by four Bahraini families to leave their houses has been hindering the government from going forward with a housing project of eight buildings in Juffair. According to Bahrain Tribune ...
The Bahraini royal family member, who has carried out official duties for more than 20 years, is a "controversial figure" in Bahrain, the report noted.