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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Bahrain anti-government protests

Pope Francis is greeted by Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa as he arrives at the Sakhir Royal Palace, Bahrain, November 3, 2022. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
November 3, 2022, 10:05 pm
Pope Francis calls for human rights, end to death penalty during Bahrain trip
Rights groups urge head of Catholic Church to advocate for dissidents in Sunni-ruled kingdom, which faces accusations of oppressing its Shiite majority
By Nicole Winfeld
A Bahraini protestor takes cover from tear gas during clashes with riot police following a protest against the arrest of the head of the banned Shiite opposition movement Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman (on the poster) on January 1, 2015, in Bilad al-Qadeem, a suburb of Manama. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH)
July 29, 2019, 3:07 pm
Bahrain activists say 22-year-old man dies after protest
Mohamed al-Miqdad was found unconscious on the street shortly after demonstrations against two executions on Saturday
By AP
File: Bahrain riot police stand guard during clashes with protesters following a demonstration in the village of Daih, west of the capital Manama on January 4, 2016. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)
July 28, 2019, 10:41 am
Bahrain executes 2 in terrorism case decried by activists
EU and Iran slam killing of alleged terrorists, whose confessions may have been extracted under torture, according to rights groups
By AP and ToI Staff
Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa, right, gestures as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaves at the Al-Qudaibiya Palace in Manama, January 11, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool/ AP)
July 26, 2019, 9:45 am
Bahrain seeks to rebrand after long years under fire
By hosting Palestinian economy workshop and announcing security conference, analysts say Gulf kingdom trying to ‘enhance its security by making itself indispensable’
By AFP
In this file photo taken on November 20, 2014, Bahrain's Al-Wefaq opposition group leader Sheikh Ali Salman looks on during a rally against the upcoming parliamentary election in the village of Zinj, south of Manama, Bahrain. (Mohammed Al-Shaikh/AFP)
November 4, 2018, 11:40 am
Bahrain opposition chief gets life in jail over Qatar spy case
Sheikh Ali Salman, who headed the now-outlawed Al-Wefaq movement, currently serving separate sentence for ‘inciting hatred’ during Shiite protests in the kingdom
By AFP
Illustrative: A Hezbollah flag is waved during an Al-Quds rally in London (Steve Winston/via Jewish News)
September 25, 2018, 3:56 pm
Nearly 170 charged in Bahrain with forming local Hezbollah branch
Authorities say suspects collaborated with Iranian intelligence to establish organization named for Lebanese terror group, following years of unrest
By AFP and ToI Staff
Human rights activist Nabeel Rajab at his home in the village of Bani Jamrah, West of Manama, Bahrain, November 2, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH)
February 22, 2018, 5:32 am
​Bahrain sentences jailed activist to 5 more years for tweets
Nabeel Rajab handed further prison sentence over criticism sent from his Twitter account of Gulf nation’s air strikes against Yemen
By AFP
Human rights activist Nabeel Rajab gestures as he leaves a police station in Manama, Bahrain, May 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
February 21, 2018, 11:54 am
Bahrain sentences prominent activist to 5 years in prison
In response, US human rights group adviser urges White House to ‘show some spine’ and stand up to rulers of Gulf kingdom
By Jon Gambrell
Bahraini demonstrators attend a protest against the revocation of the citizenship of top Bahraini Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, near his house in the village of Diraz, west of the capital Manama, June 20, 2016 (AFP/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)
February 14, 2018, 6:55 pm
Bahrain accused of targeting reporters in crackdown on anti-government protests
Watchdog says kingdom has revoked the citizenship of 7 journalists and social media activists to force outlets to ‘toe the government line’
By AP
File: A police armored vehicle splattered with paint bombs fires tear gas toward Bahraini anti-government protesters during clashes in Sitra, Bahrain, on Sunday, February 14, 2016. (Hasan Jamali/AP)
March 27, 2017, 2:57 pm
Bahrain alleges Iran-backed group planned assassinations
14 suspected conspirators accused of training with Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Hezbollah in Iraq
By AP
Illustrative: Riot police fire at anti-government protesters in Bahrain (photo credit: AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
January 2, 2017, 8:28 am
Gunmen kill police officer, free inmates at Bahrain prison
Attack seen as escalation of Sunni-Shiite tensions in tiny island nation that is host to Western navies
By Jon Gambrell
A monitor displays the names of the FIFA presidential candidates (from top) Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, Jerome Champagne and Gianni Infantino during an extraordinary FIFA Congress at the headquarters of the world's governing body of soccer in Zurich on February 26, 2016. (AFP/OLIVIER MORIN)
February 26, 2016, 5:17 pm
Bahraini royal is favorite as FIFA votes on new boss
Sheikh Salman tipped to win first round of vote to replace Sepp Blatter at helm of scandal-hit world soccer body
By Graham Dunbar and Rob Harris
File: A police armored vehicle splattered with paint bombs fires tear gas toward Bahraini anti-government protesters during clashes in Sitra, Bahrain, on Sunday, February 14, 2016. (Hasan Jamali/AP)
February 15, 2016, 4:45 pm
Witnesses say 4 American journalists arrested in Bahrain
Reporters were covering anniversary of 2011 Arab Spring riots; American embassy in Gulf kingdom ‘aware’ of arrests
By Jon Gambrell
Illustrative photo of masked Bahraini anti-government protesters carrying Molotov cocktails ahead of a march in Manama in 2012. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Jamali)
From the WebJuly 6, 2014, 6:41 am
Power struggles in Middle East exploit Islam’s ancient sectarian rift
Bahrain, the first place where Arab Spring protests degenerated into Sunni-Shiite feuds, now appears to have been a signal of what was to come in the region, The New York Times reports
Bahraini anti-government protesters pray for the safety of those involved in civil disobedience during a march in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain, on Wednesday (photo credit: AP/Hasan Jamali)
August 15, 2013, 1:00 am
Bahrain protests fizzle under security clampdown
Inspired by rallies in Egypt that ushered in a military coup, activists in the Gulf island nation seek more freedoms
By Dalton Bennett and Reem Khalifa
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