Suppressing the narrative in Bahrain - Features. In January, Brian Dooley, of the US-based organisation Human Rights First, was preparing for his fourth trip back to Bahrain since the uprising began in February 2011.
Dooley told Al Jazeera that he had never previously had any problems entering the country. "About a week before I was going, I got a letter saying: 'Do not come,'" Dooley said. Al Jazeera obtained a copy of the letter - sent by the Ministry of Human Rights - which asked Dooley to wait until after the end of February, by which time a national commission on implementing recommendations from the government-sponsored Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) would have finished its work. "People are bracing for something serious and probably bad to happen in the middle of February," Dooley told Al Jazeera by phone from the US. February 14 marks the one-year anniversary of the popular uprising against the Gulf island's monarchy, and activists are again calling for nationwide protests to commemorate the date.
Bahrain’s foreign minister says US not backing war on Iran. Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmad al-Khalifah says the United States does not support the idea of a military strike on Iran over the country’s peaceful nuclear program.
“As for the possibility of an attack on Iran, we believe that during our meetings with US officials we received acknowledgement that the United States does not back the idea of military intervention over the situation around Iran,” Khalifah said at a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Monday. He also voiced Bahrain’s support for Iran’s right to develop a peaceful nuclear program. Earlier on Sunday, US President Barack Obama warned against the serious risks of a military campaign against Iran and underlined diplomacy as the favored solution to the impasse over Tehran’s nuclear issue.
The United States, Israel, and some of their allies accuse Tehran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear program.
Kill Tw33terZ. Baby Killed By GAS. Bahrain blows up parcel of suspected explosives from UK. 7 December 2011Last updated at 21:41.
Report Details Excessive Force Used Against Bahrain Protests. Hasan Jamali/Associated Press A protester ran from tear gas fired by riot police on Wednesday in A'ali, Bahrain.
More Photos » The report, released on Wednesday, presented a devastating portrait of what it called disproportionate and indiscriminate force often used by the security forces to repress protests in February and March that were organized primarily by the Shiite Muslim majority in Bahrain, a tiny Persian Gulf state that is a prominent American ally. “A number of detainees were tortured,” M. Cherif Bassiouni, an international law expert who led the inquiry, said at a news conference in Manama, the capital, as King listened. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa (Arabic: حمد بن عيسى بن سلمان آل خليفة Ḥamad bin ʿĪsā bin Salmān ʾĀl Ḫalīfah; born January 28, 1950) is the King of Bahrain (since 14 February 2002), having previously been its Emir (from March 6, 1999).[1] He is the son of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the previous Emir.
The country has been run by the al-Khalifa dynasty since 1783. Early life and education[edit] Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa was born on 28 January 1950 in Riffa, Bahrain.[2] His parents were Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, then Crown Prince, and Hessa bint Salman Al Khalifa.[3] After attending Manama secondary school in Bahrain, Hamad was sent to England to attend Applegarth College in Godalming, Surrey before taking a place at The Leys School in Cambridge. Crown prince[edit] Hamad was designated as heir apparent by his father on 27 June 1964. In October 1977, Hamad started learning to fly helicopters, successfully completing the training in January 1978.
Reign[edit] Political turmoil[edit] Bahrain - Wiki. Bahrain ( i/bɑːˈreɪn/; Arabic: البحرين al-Baḥrayn; Persian: بحرین Bahreyn), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين
Repression in Bahrain systematic' 'Repression in Bahrain systematic' Tear gas fills a street where anti-regime protesters are demonstrating, Sitra, Bahrain, Tuesday, November 22, 2011.
Bahrain's leading opposition party has rapped a government report that acknowledges "instances" of abuse in dealing with anti-regime protests, insisting that the repression against the demonstrators is a "systematic" effort. Thakreeb Part 1. Bahraini troops attack protesters. Police clash with mourners in Bahrain - Middle East. Hundreds of mourners angry over the shooting death of a 16-year-old Shia Muslim protester clashed with security forces outside the capital Manama on Friday evening.
Security forces opened fire with tear gas, sound grenades and rubber bullets, injuring at least 11 protesters, activists said. More injuries were expected, though the chaotic scene around a makeshift clinic near the clashes made it impossible to verify the number, Al Jazeera's reporter in Bahrain said. Our correspondent witnessed three men bearing bleeding wounds thought to have been caused by rubber bullets, while another man had suffered a severe facial injury after being hit by a sound grenade.
The clashes came after an afternoon funeral march on Friday to honour Ahmed Jaber al-Qattan, a Shia teenager who died after being hit by bird shot fired by security forces during a demonstration on Thursday, according to opposition activists.