Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
In this image made from video provided by the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, demonstrators march to protest the death of a prisoner in Diah, Bahrain, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Hundreds on Wednesday held a rare protest in Bahrain over the death of a vaccinated prisoner from the coronavirus held by the island kingdom. The banner in Arabic reads: "The liberated and honorable martyr has prevailed, the martyr prisoner Husain Barakat." (Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy via AP)
Hundreds hold rare protest in Bahrain after prisoner's death

By Jon Gambrell Jun. 10, 2021 05:29 AM EDT

File - In this Friday, March 15, 2013 file photo, a Bahraini anti-government protester throws a piece of wood at an armored police vehicle during clashes in Jidhafs, Bahrain. A decade ago, against all odds, a popular uprising convulsed the monarchy of Bahrain as a wave of revolutionary protests swept across the Middle East. But after a brutal crackdown and years of escalating repression, activists say the small kingdom is less free now than even before the Arab Spring, as authorities crush hopes for political reform. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
A decade after 2011 protests, Bahrain suppresses all dissent

By Isabel Debre Feb. 11, 2021 08:47 AM EST

FILE - In this May 28, 2012 file photo, human rights activist Nabeel Rajab gestures as he leaves a police station in Manama, Bahrain. Rajab, a prominent human rights activist in Bahrain has been released amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. His family says Nabeel Rajab left prison Tuesday and will serve the rest of his sentence from home. Rajab had been sentenced to five years in prison over his tweets alleging abuse at Bahrain’s Jaw prison and criticizing civilian casualties in the Yemen war waged by a Saudi-led coalition. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
Prominent Bahrain rights activist Rajab released from prison

By Jon Gambrell Jun. 09, 2020 09:03 AM EDT