Index on Censorship calls for Bahrain to stop judicial harassment of Nabeel Rajab and all human rights activists in the country By Danielle Quijada / 13 March, 2015 Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab (Photo: The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy) Index on Censorship award winner Nabeel Rajab is set to appear in court on Sunday 15 March to find out whether his sentence over a tweet will be overturned. In January, Rajab, the president of the Bahrain Read more [...]

A veteran marathon runner who has returned to Bahrain to raise money for children suffering from cancer was honoured by the Bahrain Road Runners (BRR). The ceremony was held for 82-year-old James Kelly at the British Club in Adliya along with fellow runner 99s International Women Pilots Organisation former governor Yvonne Trueman. It was also attended by BRR senior officials and members. Mr Kelly has been running for 37 years and has completed more than 156 half and 30 full marathons in various Read more [...]

MANAMA: Trade exchanges between Bahrain and Germany have exceeded $583 million, according to figures released by the Central Informatics Organisation. Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) second deputy chairman Jawad Al Hawaj cited the statistics as he attended a meeting at Beit Al Tijjar with a high-level German business delegation led by Federal Minister of Transport and Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Dr Peter Ramsauer. The meeting was attended by German Ambassador Read more [...]

Bahrain is a strategic ally, with the friendship between the two countries further forged with the new base to tackle threats in the region. Defence secretary Michael Fallon said, 'This new base is a permanent expansion of the Royal Navy's footprint and will enable Britain to send more and larger ships to reinforce stability in the Gulf'. Bahrain's Crown Prince has urged a war on 'evil theocracy' and the world is convinced that murder and execution in the name of any religion is unacceptable Read more [...]