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 ...

On Sunday, a young unemployed Algerian set himself fire (French) sparking violent riots in the neighborhood of Villa Moussa in Alger. The young man set himself fire after policemen confiscated packets of cigarettes that he was selling. Inhabitants rebelled against the security forces, erected barricades, attacked the local ...

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 ...

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 ...

While U.N. monitors have brought a lull of shelling to the Syrian opposition stronghold in Homs, elsewhere in the country Syrian forces have continued assaulting areas when monitors are not present. "This U.N. observers thing is a big joke,"

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon expressed concern about Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, and released a statement that, "urge the Bahraini authorities to resolve Mr. Al-Khawaja's case based on due process and humanitarian considerations without any further delay." However, concerns escalated as reports ...

Zainab al-Khawaja, daughter of human rights defender Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, has been detained for seven days while protesting for the release of her father, whose trial was delayed by another week. Amnesty International described the postponement as "toying ...

#OpBahrain is the hashtag given to hacker group Anonymous' most recent target: the Bahrain government and its Formula One (F1) race. After taking down the F1 website, Anonymous called for an end to violence from all sides, and ...

Bahrain's opposition claimed that a protester was killed during a class with policemen, threatening to escalate unrest while the world's attention is on the Gulf nation's Formula One (F1) race. Activists identified the body as Salah Abbas Habib, ...

On Thursday, Formula One (F1) teams began making preparations for the Bahrain Grand Prix to be held this Sunday despite international condemnations. Bahraini security forces clashed with protesters as they took to the streets protesting the controversial ...

John Yates, former Scotland Yard chief, said, "Along with my family, I feel completely safe. Indeed, safer than I have often felt in London," in the days leading up to the Formula One (F1) Grand Prix. Today, the ...

BBC's Middle East Correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes says holding the Formula One (F1) Grand Prix race in Bahrain is not so much a question of safety, but rather of morality. Interviewing both members of the opposition and government officials, Wingfield-Hayes says ...

BBC journalist Jon Donnison reported that the International Criminal Court (ICC) may drop its demand that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muaamar Gaddafi, be transferred to the Hague for trial; he would then be tried in Libya. Saif al-Islam is accused by ...

Max Mosley, former Formula One (F1) boss, firmly stated that if F1 did not reverse its decision to hold the Grand Prix race in Bahrain this year, it would "live to regret it." Mosley makes a strong argument ...

Bahrain International Circuit chairman Zayed R Alzayani said the decision to move forward with the Formula One (F1) Grand Prix in Bahrain was "calculated." "We wouldn't make a decision on a gamble," Alzayni said, "But it's a calculated decision, we've ...

Opposition groups Al-Wefaq, National Democratic Action Society, Nationalist Democratic Assembly Society, Alekha National Society, and National Democratic Assemblage called for a week of sit-ins and demonstrations under the banner of "steadfastness and challenge,"  in order to "take advantage of this week's race to ...