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Bahrain's Shiites hope pope raises human rights during visit
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPope Francis is making the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain this week, sparking calls from the...
Pope urges end to death penalty as he arrives in Bahrain
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPope Francis urged Bahrain authorities on Thursday to renounce the death penalty and ensure basic...
Bahrain prison inmates are on hunger strike, the latest sign of simmering unrest in island kingdom
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoInmates at a Bahrain prison are on a hunger strike over conditions there, activists and authorities...
Bahrain sentences 3 for questioning Islamic teachings
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoProsecutors in the Arab Gulf nation of Bahrain on Thursday have handed down yearlong prison...
Bahrain rights group says 13 convicted over prison sit-in that authorities say was violent
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBahrain has sentenced 13 prisoners to an additional three years over a sit-in held in a detention...
Bahrain websites attacked as it holds parliamentary election
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBahrain voted Saturday in a parliamentary and local election just hours after hackers targeted...
Bahrain says attack by Yemen rebels kills a Bahraini officer and a soldier on the Saudi border
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA drone attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels killed a Bahraini officer and soldier who were patrolling...
Pope presses Muslim dialogue in first papal visit to Bahrain
Associated Press via AOL· 2 years agoPope Francis on Thursday brought his message of dialogue with the Muslim world to the kingdom of...
Daughters of jailed Bahrain activist say he resumes hunger strike as crown prince visits US
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe daughters of a prominent human rights activist jailed in Bahrain said he resumed a hunger strike...
Daughter of long-imprisoned activist in Bahrain to return to island in bid to push for his release
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain said Thursday she would return to the...