On 15 April 2019, the news site Disclose published a series of classified French military documents revealing the widespread use and acquisition of French weapons in the conflict in Yemen. On the other hand, UK exports seem to flow as ...
On 16 April 2019, the High Criminal Court of Bahrain, chaired by judge Bader Abulatif Al Abdullah, has convicted 139 individuals of terrorism-related charges in an unfair mass trial. The prison sentences ranged from three years to life imprisonment. Of ...
On 9 April 2019, the Council of Representatives chaired by Speaker Fawzia Zainal voted in favour of the amendments to the 1976 Penal Code which introduce tougher punishments for terrorist acts. Approved by a narrow majority, 21 votes out of ...
In December 2010, Qatar was awarded the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This decision represented a great opportunity for this Gulf State to foster its international image. Since then, the Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has invested ...
The Bahraini Uprising broke out in February 2011. Half of the population of Bahrain participated in the pro-democracy protests. It was the result of a mixed population where all ranges of the Bahraini society unified to peacefully demand more democracy, ...
On 11 April 2019, Germany’s secret Security Council, consisting of chancellor Angela Merkel and chief ministers, allowed the shipment of weapons to members of the war coalition in Yemen, including Saudi Arabia. Contrarily to the initial ban on arms exports ...
On 11 April 2019, British newspaper The Guardian has published a joint letter signed by a coalition of NGOs, lawyers and a cross-party group of British MPs in support of human rights activist Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, the Director of Advocacy ...
