BAHRAIN RELATED NEWS

The leaders of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Kuwait) will meet in May to discuss creating a closer federal unit among the states.

"The ministers stated opposition to any foreign intervention in the domestic affairs of the GCC countries, highlighting the need for respecting the principles of neighborliness,"

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Shiite villages in Bahrain on Tuesday to demand being reinstated in jobs from which they were fired during last year's uprising, witnesses sai

In some Shiite villages, including Malkiya, Karzakan, Sadad and Damistan, protesters carried banners that read “No to the formula of blood,” a key campaign slogan of the February 14 movement.

'fed up with sectarianism': a new group "fed up" with living in a divided society is lining up a series of events to bring Bahrainis back together.

The Shiite Bahraini opposition, as well as other Shiites in the region, will not benefit by hiding behind demands for reform so long as they continue to allow extremist figures like Nasrallah or Sadr to interfere in their affairs.

Turn from mere discussions into viable initiatives to improve workers’ conditions in both sending and recipient countries

Leading political figure Abdul Nabi Salman seen as one of top contenders

Violent clashes erupt between stone-hurling protesters and security forces

Bahraini Court postponed this morning considering the appeal submitted by defense of Khawaja and the 13 other activist to Monday 30 April 2012

Hundreds of Bahrainis demonstrated yesterday after a Shiite opposition call for a week of pro-democracy protests to coincide with the F1 Grand Prix to be hosted by the Gulf state.

The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists denounces the deteriorating conditions in Bahraini prisons that led to the sharp declination of the health condition of the human rights activist Abdul Hadi Al -Khawaga, what exposes him to risk of death.

Bahrain groups say the visit to the island of Abu Mousa was a "blatant provocation of the GCC citizens"

Prisoner, on hunger strike since February 8, has dual citizenship

Trial of suspects in alleged terrorist plot against Bahrain adjourned to May 27

Rights groups and foreign governments have condemned Bahrain for other crackdown-related prosecutions, including a trial now under way of 20 medical staff who treated wounded protesters

MPs in Bahrain have warned that they would grill the education minister if the ministry fails to take stringent punitive action against the teacher who reportedly forced a five-year-old student to kiss her foot for five months

Bahrain to appoint minister and support team to study independent report on unrest in the country

Closed circuit television installed to record interrogation in rooms

Tensions have remained high since a deadly crackdown last year after a month of Manama street protests

Matrimonial unions and friendships between Shiites and Sunnis no longer common in Bahrain

The reform movement in Bahrain was a positive umbrella for people who supported democratic changes," he said. "It brought together Sunnis and Shiites and was destined to have an outstanding role in the region. It could have paved the way for common political and social reforms. Unfortunately, it was aborted by extremists,"

The deportation takes up to 12 the number of foreigners asked to leave Bahrain last week

Bahrain’s lower chamber has postponed a debate on amendments to the constitution by one month

On the eve of 14th February, High Representative Catherine Ashton calls upon all parties in Bahrain to exercise calm and restraint, especially during the planned demonstrations

Bahrein EU parliament Exchange of views with Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa 29 February 11.15 Room: Paul-Henri Spaak 1A002 Brussels

Country's foreign minister cites Manama's displeasure with Iraqi interference

Bahrain's Court of Appeals on Monday postponed the trial of 20 medical staff to February 27 to hear witnesses and form a neutral medical panel that will look into the allegations of the defendants they had been ill-treated

The trial of five security men on charges of torturing two people to death and not reporting the case to the competent authorities was on Monday postponed to February 26

A ray of hope could be glowing in Bahrain after the crown prince, the parliament speaker and a prominent lawmaker referred in different statements to a national solution to the crisis that has hit Bahrain

The government of Bahrain has had a busy few weeks, pushing ahead with a reform agenda against a backdrop of continuing unrest.

Police in Bahrain on Sunday fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators chanting anti-government slogans

What is needed in Bahrain is trust and belief, across the political and religious divide

An MP stormed out of parliament yesterday in protest against police tactics when dealing with protesters

The public prosecutor decided to release Khawaja and Maasuma al-Sayed

in a 500-page report detailing widespread abuses in Bahrain's crackdowns, it's a brief section on Iran that has brought the strongest pushback Thursday in the Gulf kingdom

The National Commission will study the recommendations and put forward proposals including with regards to the recommendation on necessary amendments in laws and regulations and how the recommendations can be implemented," a statement on the official BNA news agency said late on Saturday

Based on more than 5,000 interviews with protesters, Bahrain residents and foreigners, the inquiry represents perhaps the most comprehensive look at any of the uprisings and crackdowns that have roiled the Arab world this year. In its sheer breadth it runs to 489 pages the report appeared to mark a first for the Arab world, pulling the shroud back from the inner workings of secretive security forces.

A parliamentary committee has recommended suspending a lawmaker for 20 sessions for allegedly verbally abusing two other MPs

The protester's uncle says his 16-year-old nephew, Ali Youssef Bagdar, died after a police vehicle ran over him

Ali Yusuf Ali Hassan Ebrahim, 16 next month, died from the injuries he sustained after the police car crashed him into a wall

A top lawyer with experience of defending suspects with alleged links to Al Qaeda said jail sentences of up to 25 years could be handed down under Bahrain's anti-terrorism laws

The Bahrain Bloc, consisting of five Sunni and four Shi'ite members, is now the second largest group in parliament and Bahrain's first cross-sect parliamentary alliance

An international rights group called on Bahrain to stop harassment and intimidation of reporters critical of the government, which crushed weeks of protests earlier this year.

Security is a unified mission for the GCC, it was declared.