Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Bahrain's opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, has been handed a life sentence after the Court of Appeal found him guilty of spying for Qatar. The ruling comes just months after the Bahraini High ...

Three members of a religious and cultural society in Bahrain that advocates open discussion of Islamic issues have been given jail terms. They were prosecuted under a law that criminalises ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Routine violence and appalling standards of hygiene at Bahrain's infamous Jau prison have prompted a call for action from British cross-party politicians for the UK government to suspend ...