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Bahrain suspends the newly launched Alarab News Channel. On February 1, 2015, Alarab's first day of operations, Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority had ordered the channel to cease broadcasting since it had not done enough to combat “extremism and terrorism.” Alarab had debuted with a Shia opposition politician interview.
2015-02-9

Amnesty International calls on the Bahraini regime to release prisoners of conscience it is holding in captivity.
2013-02-14

A police officer is also killed after rioters threw firebombs at his patrol in Sehla, a village west of Manama, Bahrain.
2013-02-14

A 16-year-old child is shot dead at close range in Al-Daih, a village west of Manama, Bahrain.
2013-02-14

Bahrain's public prosecution charges seven police officers with torturing Shia medics to obtain confessions during the ongoing Bahraini uprising.
2012-09-18

A court in Bahrain upholds the sentences of Arab Spring opposition figures condemned for plotting to overthrow the Western-allied government. Eight of the twenty opponents are confirmed imprisoned for life.
2012-09-4

Bahraini security forces kill a 16-year-old boy during rioting in the city of Muharraq.
2012-08-18

Bahraini uprising: The government of Bahrain announces it will pay US$2.6 million to the relatives of 17 people who died in the revolt against the government.
2012-06-26

The United States resumes shipping armaments to Bahrain, after a pause that coincided with the ongoing popular uprising against the Bahraini regime.
2012-05-12

The Bahraini government tortures doctors into confessions of "trying to overthrow the monarchy" by aiding wounded civilians who protested during the uprising.
2011-05-13