Bahrain
Human rights groups have accused Bahrain of arresting patients and medical staff suspected of taking part in protests.
The FIA has given the Bahrain Grand Prix organisers a further month to decide whether it will be possible to hold the race on a new date in 2011.
I have been unable to get the Foreign Office to adopt a more proactive stance on the crackdown against the Shi'a majority in Bahrain, aided and abetted by the Saudis. The gross and relentless persecution of the people demands action by ...
The battle-cry of the al-Khalifa monarchy in Bahrain ever since they started to crush the pro-democracy protests in the island kingdom two months ago might well be 'to drown the revolution in Shia blood.' Just as the tsars once used ...
Formula One's governing body, the FIA, have refused to be drawn on when a decision will be taken over the future of the Bahrain Grand Prix...
The media and world bodies have generally ignored the Bahrain protests, making it difficult to know what is happening. Emails from an activist in Bahrain.
A statement issued by the FIA said: “The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, has granted the Bahrain Motor Federation and the Bahrain International Circuit an extension until June 3rd, date of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in ...
Bahrain's deadline for declaring itself capable of hosting this season's grand prix, which originally expired on May 1, has been extended until June 3. Bernie Ecclestone said last week that he thought the Bahrainis should be given more ...
Every night hooded men arrest dozens of people, several opposition leaders have died under torture, and the army goes into the hospitals to arrest doctors and confiscate patients' medical files . The press is controlled, and the main ...
A pro-democracy activist in Bahrain appeared to have been beaten and possibly tortured before he appeared in court this week, according to the New York-based nonprofit Human Rights Watch. Abdulhadi Khawaja was one of 14 defendants, ...
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