22 - 29 October 2015 During the weekly session, numerous MPs in the Chamber of Deputies gave vent to their frustration over the Governments actions on…

In November 1986 Bahrain ceased to be an island with links to the Arabian mainland with the completion of the King Fahad Causeway between Bahrain…

 15 - 21 October 2015   In the context of negotiations for who will chair the major Parliament committees, this week has been significant for the…

Never has this region been more exposed to dangerous attempts to stoke up sectarian tensions. On one hand, we have ISIS, which has directly attacked…

Bahrain has the oldest public education system in the Arabian Gulf region. In 1919 a boys’ school was built in Muharraq; the Al Hadaya Al Khalifiya…

8 - 14 October 2015 Following the summer recess, Parliament was formally opened once again on 11 October, marked by a formal speech by King Hamad,…

  Citizens for Bahrain analysis of views of young Bahrainis   One of the main pillars of a nation’s growth is the empowerment of youth.…

Bahrain in 1970 became the first country to host the football Arabian Gulf Cup. They narrowly missed winning the event and only lost to Kuwait in…

In early 2015, rapidly falling oil revenues and rising levels of public debt, brought about a situation where the Government was compelled to look at…

Under the title “Bahrain’s uprising: resistance and repression in the Gulf” Durham University student Marc Owen Jones and a number of other Bahrain opposition apologists have expanded their repetitive…