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Bahrain rights activist released from detention
Prominent Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab was released on Wednesday after spending three weeks in prison. Rajab was arrested on June 6 for posting critical comments about Bahrain's government on his social media page. Prior to this last arre (More) |
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ACLU files lawsuit against Puerto Rico police department
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP on Wednesday filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] against the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) alleging that they violated the rights of protesters. (More) |
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Bahrain government to compensate families for protester deaths
The Bahrain government on Tuesday announced that it would pay $2.6 million in restitution to the families of protesters killed in pro-democracy protests last year. The government said that the compensation was to comply with the recommendations of (More) |
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Convicted Bahrain doctor goes on hunger strike
A Bahraini doctor who was sentenced to one year in prison last week for his alleged participation in anti-government activity has begun a hunger strike to protest the conviction. Saeed al-Samaheeji said he started the hunger strike to protest the f (More) |
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ACLU report: Puerto Rico police abusing power
The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday released a report [text, PDF; press release] alleging widespread abuses by the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) . The report documents numerous instances excessive force, sometimes deadly, to suppre (More) |
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Bahrain court reduces sentences for 20 convicted medics
A Bahrain court on Thursday overturned or reduced the sentences for most of the 20 medical professionals convicted in September of participating in the country's pro-democracy protests against the ruling regime. The 13 doctors, one dentist, nurses a (More) |
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Bahrain releases child prisoner
Bahraini authorities have released an 11-year-old detainee who was imprisoned for nearly a month, his lawyer told reporters on Tuesday. Ali Hasan Alqudaihi was arrested on May 14 for allegedly attending an illegal gathering . The boy was accused of (More) |
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Bahrain rights activist returned to jail
Prominent Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab was arrested and returned to prison on Wednesday after posting critical comments about the government on his social media page, according to his lawyer. This is not the first time Rajab has been arrest (More) |
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Bahrain official denies government involvement in excessive force against protesters
The Interior Minister of Bahrain said that the government was not responsible for the use of excessive force by police officers last year, which resulted in the death of more than 30 protesters, a regional newspaper reported Wednesday. The Minister (More) |
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Kuwait man sentenced to 10 years for posting insulting comments on Twitter
A Kuwait court on Monday sentenced a man to ten years of imprisonment for posting insulting and defaming comments about the Prophet Muhammad and the Sunni Muslim rulers of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on Twitter . Judge Hisham Abdullah found 26-year-o (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.
