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Medical malpractice in Bahraini prisons kills Shia youth A 32-year-old Bahraini Shia youth who was sentenced to life imprisonment and was diagnosed with cancer in “Jo” Central Prison died due to medical malpractice. Mohammad Abdullah Hassan Yaqoob died while undergoing…
Saudi arrests Bahraini Shia cleric during Hajj rituals

Saudi arrests Bahraini Shia cleric during Hajj rituals

A Bahraini Shiite cleric, Sheikh Jamil Al-Baqari, was arrested by Saudi security agents during the Hajj rituals this year, television network reported. The report indicates that the cleric of the Bahraini caravan was arrested because he recited the prayer for…
Bahrain Center for Human Rights documents 65 anti-Shia violations during May

Bahrain Center for Human Rights documents 65 anti-Shia violations during May

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) has documented more than 65 human rights violations by the ruling regime against the citizens in last May. The rights center said that the violations documented include: subpoenas, arrests, raiding homes and abuse…
British MP, Bob Stewart, charged over verbally abusing Bahraini activists

British MP, Bob Stewart, charged over verbally abusing Bahraini activists

The conservative party MP, Bob Stewart, has been charged with public order offences – one of them racially motivated – over a clash with Bahraini activists, the BBC reported. The former British Army officer was investigated after an incident outside…
Shia Rights Watch releases its monthly report on anti-Shia violations worldwide

Shia Rights Watch releases its monthly report on anti-Shia violations worldwide

The International Shia Rights Watch Organization has issued its monthly report for May on the most prominent human rights violations against Shia Muslims around the world. The five-page report included a review of major terrorist attacks, including bombings, as well…
Amid rising death penalty cases, Saudi Arabia executes two Shia Bahrainis accused of terrorism

Amid rising death penalty cases, Saudi Arabia executes two Shia Bahrainis accused of terrorism

Saudi Arabia has carried out the execution of two Shia Bahraini nationals, Jaafar Sultan and Sadiq Thamer, on charges of plotting “terrorist” operations, according to a statement by the Saudi Ministry of Interior. The executions, carried out last Monday, mark…
Scottish MP proposes motion in UK parliament condemning arrest of Bahraini Shia Cleric

Scottish MP proposes motion in UK parliament condemning arrest of Bahraini Shia Cleric

Scottish MP, Kenny MacAskill, proposed on Wednesday a motion in the UK Parliament condemning the Bahraini government arrest of Shia prominent cleric Mohammad Sanqour. The MP said in the motion that, “This house strongly condemns the arrest of leading Shia…
Shia Rights Watch issues its monthly report on human rights violations against Shia Muslims

Shia Rights Watch issues its monthly report on human rights violations against Shia Muslims

The ‘Shia Rights Watch’ organization has released its monthly report on the most prominent human rights violations committed against Shia Muslims from April 1st to May 1st, 2023. The five-page report has reviewed terrorist attacks, armed conflicts, bombings and acts…
Bahraini: Prisoners protest against lack of medical care provided in prisons

Bahraini: Prisoners protest against lack of medical care provided in prisons

Political prisoners in “Jaw Prison” in Bahrain have announced their protest against intentional lack of medical care provided to them by the prison administration.  Mr. Ahmed Al-Wadaei, Director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), reported, via his…
With Eid al-Fitr approaching, Bahraini Shia clerics call on government to release political detainees

With Eid al-Fitr approaching, Bahraini Shia clerics call on government to release political detainees

As Muslims worldwide are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, a number of Bahrain clerics have called on the Bahraini government to release the political prisoners and opponents, urging them to seize this opportunity to review their decisions. Bahraini media outlets…
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