Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Representative James McGovern (D-MA) introduced resolutions in both houses of Congress intended to block the proposed arms sale to Bahrain. The two congressmen, concerned about the way the Bahraini government is handling the popular uprising, ...

Amnesty International sent a letter to the Senate and House of Representatives, calling on the U.S. government to suspend the proposed arms sale because it "poses a substantial risk of contributing to further grave violations of human rights in Bahrain." The ...

Ali Alekri, a Bahraini surgeon sentenced to 15 years for treating protesters, expressed concern over the international community's silence on the continuing crackdown: "The international community did nothing. We expect pressure from the Americans, and we do not ...

Rep. James McGovern (D-MA) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced a joint resolution in both the House and Senate opposing the proposed $53 million arms sale to Bahrain.  Human rights groups have rallied to oppose the ...

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights has generated a petition to "protest the ongoing violations towards students, teachers, and university faculty and staff in Bahrain." The petition contends that "the Ministry of Education has conducted a sectarian ...

Josh Rogin writes that "a growing group of lawmakers and non-governmental organizations are gearing up to oppose the State Department's" proposed $53 million arms sale to Bahrain, and that "Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) are circulating ...

Bahrain's attorney general has ordered a retrial in civilian court for the 20 medical personnel sentenced to prison time for allegedly backing the anti-government protesters. The statement released by Bahrain's government seems to repeal the decision made by ...

A military court has handed down life sentences to another 14 men accused of killing a Pakistani national during the pro-democracy protests. The court also sentenced another 15 others to 15 years in prison for "attempted murder of ...

Bahrain's National Safety Court, a special security court set up following a mid-March clampdown on demonstrations, sentenced 14 protesters for beating to death a Pakistani "with a terrorist aim", as well as "assembling for riots". Fifteen others 

The 2o Bahraini medical professionals sentenced to five to 15 years in prison, released a statement on Thursday documenting the suffering they have endured since mid March. "All of us were subject to maltreatment, humiliation and violence. Most ...

The 20 medical professionals sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to fifteen years claim their statements were fabricated. They state their confessions were induced under torture and were not able to speak with a lawyer before their ...

The State Department issued the following statement expressing their concern about the imprisonment of Bahraini medical professionals sentenced this week to terms between 5-15 years. The U.N. Human rights office also criticized the sentences. "We are ...

An editorial in The Washington Post argues that the $53 million arms deal proposed by the Pentagon for sale to Bahrain sends an "unmistakable" and "dangerous" message. The editor urges, "Bahrain’s ruling family should be given more reason to worry ...

In response to the recently proposed arms deal to Bahrain, the Project on Middle East Democracy has drafted a letter to Congress, signed by a dozen other rights organizations including Human Rights Watch and Freedom House, urging Congress "to take ...

Thirteen doctors and nurses were sentenced to 15 years in jail for treating opposition demonstrators wounded during violent government crackdowns earlier this year. Seven additional medical professionals were handed 5-10 year sentences by a special tribunal. Most of ...

On Wednesday, a Bahraini security court denied appeals for 21 opposition activists convicted in June for "plotting against the government." The 21 suspects were convicted in June for "forming a terrorist group to change the constitution and its monarchical ...

Patrick Cockburn writes that hardliners in the Bahraini royal family, including Khalifa bin Ahmed, and his brother, the Royal Court Minister, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed, are working to marginalise Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad, seen as the most liberal ...