Manama, July 20 (BNA) -- The Gulf Inspection Committee (GIC) tomorrow will meet in the Kingdom of Bahrain to set all recommendations and suggestions that will be submitted to Secretaries-General of Gulf States, Yemen and Iraq on hosting the 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup in Basra. The Qatari Saud Al-Mohannadi will chair the meeting, which includes Chairman of Engineering Committee Ghanim Ali Al Kuwari from Qatar, Read more [...]

Manama, July 20 (BNA) -- Parliament Speaker, Khalifa Ahmed Al-Dhahrani today stressed the national duty necessitates the legislative authority to reconsider a number of valid laws to support the security agencies in confronting the recent escalation of terrorist acts. Al-Dhahrani told Bahrain News Agency (BNA), after the Interior Minister, Lt. General Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa met with the members Read more [...]

Manama, July 20 (BNA) -- Parliamentary blocs and a number of MPs yesterday strongly condemned the heinous terrorist act represented in a car explosion in the parking lot of Shaikh Isa bin Salman Mosque in Riffa, and demanded the Interior Ministry to take the measures necessary to bring the perpetrators to justice and withdraw the nationality of those involved. A number of MPs called for, in a joint statement, Read more [...]

LONDON — I was in Bahrain when King Hamad broke ground by responding to a voluminous report on human rights violations committed in his country. By appointing recognized international lawyers and giving them a free hand to investigate the accusations, he then responded by promising that something had to be done. The international group was the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI). Professor Cherif Bassiouni, a former war-crimes lawyer for the UN was head of the panel. It was unusual Read more [...]

Beirut, July.11 (BNA) – The he Arab Inter-parliamentary Union (AIPU) has today condemned in strongest possible terms the terror car explosion which targeted Shaikh Isa bi Salman Mosque in West Riifa as worshippers were performing taraweeh prayers. The pan-Arab parliament strongly denounced the terror blast perpetrated by evil-minded criminals in residential areas, paying no heed to the lives of innocent worshippers. In a statement today, it Read more [...]

Paris, Jul.11 (BNA) – The Future Moverment (Courant du Futur) in France has today strongly condemned the terror blast which targeted Shaikh Isa bi Salman Mosque in West Riifa as worshippers were performing taraweeh prayers. The movement denounced the terror bombing, describing it as a dangerous assault on innocent citizens in Bahrain and a flagrant affront to all norms and human, values with the aim of sowing divisions among Bahrainis, subverting Read more [...]

"Continued violence in Bahrain is unacceptable," Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian told FNA on Saturday. Stressing that continued suppression and violence will further complicate the situation in Bahrain, he said, "The continued presence of foreign law enforcement forces in Bahrain and (Manama's) noncompliance with effective national talks will undermine people's trust." Amir Abdollahian underlined the necessity for a political and peaceful Read more [...]

“This act of violence is an attempt by the regime to deflect the opinion away from the flagrant violations of human rights by its agents,” said Saeed Shehabi in a Friday interview. He pointed to a planned anti-regime protest on August 14, the date marking the withdrawal of British forces from the Persian Gulf island back in 1971, and noted that the Manama regime has widely targeted Bahraini activists in the lead-up to the event “to prevent such a mass movement.”On Wednesday, a car exploded Read more [...]