Bahrain’s Inconvenient Revolution: A Battle Between A King And A Family Of Freedom Fighters

“There is a pattern of economic interests, political allegiances and military parameters that come into play when it comes to Bahrain. We know that, but yet a people cannot be made to live in slavery because it is politically and economically convenient to foreign powers.”

Catherine Shakdam
By Catherine Shakdam
Bahrain

Dubbed “the inconvenient revolution” by those on the ground who have fought it, Bahrain’s democratic uprising remains very much a black dot on the Arab Spring map, a revolutionary movement which the media has gladly avoided due to the overlapping and conflicting political and moral interests it has laid bare. “We knew that Bahrain’s freedom

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Saudis Take To Social Media To Express Rage Over al-Nimr’s Death Sentence

No one knows or can predict the possible repercussions of the death sentence passed against Saudi cleric Nimr al-Nimr, which was first reported on Twitter by his brother Mohammed.

Mariam Abdallah for Al-Akhbar
By Mariam Abdallah for Al-Akhbar

Reports: According to Mohammed’s tweet, a Saudi court upheld the ruling issued against al-Nimr and ended all proceedings that took place during the 13 sessions of his trial. The news took Twitter by storm and became a trending topic that reflected the sharp divisions between the supporters and the opponents of the verdict, which was also seen

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Political Solution Fails In Bahrain As Monarch Tightens His Grip On Power

A Bahraini girl holds up a poster of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a jailed activist who is on hunger strike to protest his detention, during a march in Shakhoora, Bahrain.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
Bahrain

Reports: Reports from Bahrain suggest that attempts to find a political solution or establish a meaningful political dialogue in the country have reached a deadlock, as the king continues to stand firm in his position and refuses to take the opposition’s demands into consideration. Bahraini King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa has closed the door to

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European Tech Company Helped Bahrain Government Spy On Arab Spring Activists

Government used UK-German software to spy on, blackmail influential protesters

Nadia Prupis
By Nadia Prupis
(Photo/Al Jazeera English via Flickr)

The Bahraini government spied on some of the country's most prominent lawyers, politicians, journalists, and activists during the Arab Spring revolutionary movement, new documents show. Netzpolitik.org reports that using the malicious FinFisher spyware provided by Gamma International, a German-UK surveillance company, the Bahraini government

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Top Bahrain Activist Released From Prison

Nabeel Rajab, who heads the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, was sentenced to three years in 2012 on charges of encouraging “illegal gatherings” tied to anti-government protests in the country.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Nabeel Rajab, head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, is helped to his front door as well-wishers push in to greet him at his home in Bani Jamra, Bahrain, on Saturday, May 24, 2014, after spending nearly two years behind bars. Rajab was charged sentenced Thursday with an additional six months behind bars for insulting the government on Twitter.

MANAMA, Bahrain — A prominent human rights activist in Bahrain was released from prison on Saturday after spending nearly two years behind bars. Nabeel Rajab, who heads the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, was sentenced to three years in 2012 on charges of encouraging "illegal gatherings" tied to anti-government protests in the country. An

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Saudi Arabia Flexes Financial Muscle In $1.5b “Gift” To Pakistan

The $1.5 billion bailout surely comes with strings attached. Analysts believe this “gift” could be meant to force Pakistan to take a side in ongoing conflict in the Middle East and Gulf region.

Zofeen Ebrahim
By Zofeen Ebrahim

KARACHI, Pakistan --- The struggling State Bank of Pakistan got a shot in the arm early this month when it received a purported "gift" of $1.5 billion from Saudi Arabia. This was not the first time such a gift has arrived. In fact, Riyadh has been a consistent benefactor to Islamabad. Retracing history, political analyst Dr. Hassan Askari Rizvi

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