Nabeel Rajab interviewed with Julian Assange before his arrest, in which he spoke about the lack of media coverage in Bahrain and the hypocrisy that has come to light in Western foreign policy. "For example," Rajab says, "the same United ...

According to Egypt Independent, there are a small amount of Egyptian NGOs which have applied to monitor the presidential election, scheduled for May 23 and 24. The article references  Egypt’s largest newspaper, Al-Ahram, as reporting that only 60 local ...

Today, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled against an appeal by two Palestinian hunger strikers, Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahla, to free them from administrative detention; a policy used to arrest individuals without due process and potentially detain them ...

Nabeel Rajab, head of Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), was arrested the day before he was due in court facing two charges in connection with organizing and participating what the government says was an illegal protest in Manama. "They told ...

King Hamad Bin Aissa Al Khalifa of Bahrain accused foreign media of of exaggerating unrest and inciting violence. "It is quite clear that Bahrain has been targeted by purposeful, willful campaigns in some foreign media that sought to distort true facts, instigate violence, ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report titled "They Burned My Heart': War Crimes in Northern Idlib during Peace Negotiations," documenting Syrian security forces perpetuating "extrajudicial executions, killings of civilians, and destruction of civilian property that qualify as war ...

Ed Husain penned an op-ed in the New York Times describing his experience as the guest of the Royal family in Bahrain. He describes Prince Salman bin Hamad as a “liberal’s liberal,” a western-educated reformer. He says the ...

Earlier this month, the Israeli Prison Service reported that an estimated 2,000 Palestinian prisoners began a hunger strike on April 17. As of yesterday, more than 15 prisoners have been transferred to Israeli hospitals due to sever deterioration ...

Several people were reported injured as Bahrainis took part in a protest to mark International Workers' Day. The BBC's Frank Gardner was granted a five-minute interview with Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who is continuing into his 85th day of hunger strike. The ...

The Court of Cassation, Bahrain's highest court, ordered a retrial in a civil court in the cases of 21 opposition activists - including Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. U.K.'s foreign office welcomed the decision said in its statement, "we urge the ...

Following a five-day visit to the country, Human Rights Watch reports, "Bahrain’s police are beating and torturing detainees, including minors, despite public commitments to end torture and police impunity." According to Nadim Houry, deputy Middle East director of HRW, “Bahrain has ...

The location of hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is still unknown as he enters his 79th day of hunger strike. Front Line Defenders called on the Minister of Interior, Sheikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, to provide proof that al-Khawaja is ...

On Tuesday, a bomb exploded in the village of Diraz wounding four police officers, raising U.S. State Department concerns. Despite concerns about the increase and violence and calls for the government of Bahrain to permit peaceful protest ...

A devastating explosion shook the Masha Al-Tayyer district in southern Hama. State media reported 16 deaths and blamed ‘armed terrorist groups’ for the violence. Activists estimated the death toll to be closer to 70. A video was ...

Abdulhadi al-Khawaja entered his 78th day of hunger strike today, but his whereabouts is still unconfirmed. His wife recalled their last phone conversation on Monday, saying, ""Something is very wrong. He was talking about accepting death as the ...