Bahrain on Vice

  • Bahrain’s PR Campaign Is Doomed to Fail

    Bahrain could solve its image problem by welcoming reform and not committing gross human rights violations. But clearly that’s not on the table, so the repressive regime is spending millions on PR and inviting journalists to its brand new Formula 1 racetrack. Full story

    2013 Feb 22 John Lubbock News
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  • I Was Tortured as a Bahraini Political Prisoner

    Bahraini journalist Ahmed Radhi was one of the 500 prisoners who were detained following the citizen uprising against Bahrain’s government that began in 2011. Ahmed told us about the supposed reasons for his detention and the poor conditions he faced while in prison. Full story

    2013 Jan 29 Ahmed Radhi as Told to Amira Asad News
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  • Things Are Still Going Terribly in Bahrain

    To find out about the country's mostly ignored human rights crisis and the actions the government has been taking against its own people, I spoke with Maryam al-Khawaja, the acting president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, who told me people were being arrested for tweeti… Full story

    2012 Nov 30 Amira Asad News
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