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Bahrain pledges to follow UN plan to improve human rights conditions
Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa pledged on Wednesday to fulfill the 158 recommendations included in the UN Universal Periodic Review regarding human rights abuses against political opposition. Al Khalifa sa (More) |
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Bahrain police officers charged with torturing protesters
Seven police officers in Bahrain have been charged with torturing and mistreating medical professionals who were detained during opposition protests held in March 2011, authorities said Monday. The police officers were trying to coerce the medical p (More) |
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UN rights chief condemns 16 nations for activist reprisals
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday told a special session of the Human Rights Council that 16 nations have failed to prevent members of their own governments from intimidating and attacking activists and protesters. Bas (More) |
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UN rights chief outlines most significant international human rights issues
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday addressed the world's most significant human rights issues as she opened the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council . Pillay criticized Bahrain for its treatment of opposition figure (More) |
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Bahrain government announces legal actions against opposition group
Bahrain on Saturday announced that it would pursue legal proceedings against the al Wefaq political party, which it labels an opposition group, for engaging in anti-government protests in the face of a ban of those activities. Bahrain officials c (More) |
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Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry: Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Resolution
JURIST Guest Columnist Ryan Suto, Syracuse University College of Law Class of 2013, discusses how the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry acts as a method of rule-of-law in post-conflict resolution and acknowledges its limitations...On February (More) |
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Bahrain court upholds sentences for opposition activists
A civilian court in Bahrain upheld lengthy prison sentences for 20 opposition and human rights activists on Tuesday, including eight life sentences. The lesser prison terms upheld ranged between five and 12 years , and seven of the activists were co (More) |
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Bahrain rights activist wins appeal of conviction for anti-government comments
A Bahraini appeals court on Thursday overturned a conviction of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab . Bahrain's government attributed the ruling to "uncertainty regarding the evidence submitted to support the lawsuit." Rajab, president of (More) |
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Bahrain rights activist sentenced to 3 years for anti-government protests
A Bahraini court on Thursday sentenced prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to three years in jail for instigating and participating in several anti-government protests. Rajab, president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights , was convicte (More) |
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Imprisoned lawyers in UAE go on hunger strike
A rights group reported on Monday that two lawyers who are being detained by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have started a hunger strike to demonstrate against their allegedly illegal detentions. The UK-based Emirates Centre for Human Rights (ECHR) (More) |
Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, murdered by Henry II's knights
On December 29, 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by knights acting in the name of Henry II.
Becket and Henry had been entangled in a power struggle over, among other things, criminal jurisdiction over clergy. Read a contemporary account of the murder of Thomas Becket.
