Bahrain
Bahrain's king announced plans Sunday to lift the Persian Gulf state's emergency rule on June 1, two weeks earlier than the official end of the three-month rule, imposed March 15 in an attempt to halt anti-government unrest.
At least 30 people have died in Bahrain, protesters and medical workers are being put on trial, and prominent opposition politicians are being arrested—but the U.S. has yet to toughen its talk or impose sanctions on its Gulf ally.
Bahrain Grand Prix chiefs say they are now 'ready' for the Formula 1 race to be reinstated on the calendar this season.
President Obama spoke with King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain today to discuss the ongoing situation in Bahrain. The President said that the United States, as a long standing partner of Bahrain, believes that Bahrain's stability ...
Nearly 50 doctors, nurses and other medical staff have been detained in Bahrain in connection with treating anti-government protesters, human-rights officials said Wednesday. Those detained included 24 doctors and 23 nurses and ...
... swept away. He tried to pile sandbags around friends in Bahrain, while blasting barriers away from an old foe in Libya. The ... were at pains to explain why Saudi forces rolling into Bahrain merited a mild news release, but Muammar el-Qaddafi’s ...
In an April 19 op-ed in The Washington Times, Bahrain's king, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, wrote that his regime was forced into its ongoing brutal crackdown on political protest and dissent when “the legitimate demands of the opposition ...
The FIA has done the right thing in giving Bahrain officials another month to indicate if they are in a position to hold the race, says its president Jean Todt.
In March the FIA World Motor Sport Council asked the Bahrain Motor Federation to communicate by May 1 “at the latest” whether or not the Bahrain Grand Prix can be organised in 2011. On Saturday the Bahrain International Circuit issued a ...
(Washington, DC) - A prominent rights activist who was active in Bahrain's pro-democracy street protests appeared before a special military court on May 8, 2011, bearing visible signs of ill-treatment and perhaps torture, Human Rights ...
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