Sheikh Mohammed bin Salman bin Saqer Al Khalifa, a member of the Bahraini ruling family, is reported to have threatened to shoot an employee working at the Ministry of foreign Affairs (MOFA) in the Gulf state.
So I have just finished reading the Bahrain government’s follow up report to the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry Report. I was…
The government of Bahrain’s inability to implement credible reforms have led to a situation where they have to manage dissent through an increased security crackdown and escalating violence
Up to a quarter of Bahrain’s wealth has been taken by the ruling Al Khalifa family over the past 80 years, with their share of the revenues kept secret and disappearing off the accounting books on two separate occasions
Recently it was reported that British police threatened to taser a Bahraini prince for his drunken antics on a British Airways flight to Bahrain. Although headline-grabbing, the drunken antics of a prince pale in significance compared to alarming accusations leveled against Prince Nasser, the King of Bahrain’s son. He is accused by a number of opposition figures of actively carrying out torture during last year’s demonstrations. He is not, however, the first prince in Bahrain to be accused of abhorrent behavior, and it is interesting to delve into the history books to compare Nasser’s behavior with that of a ‘prince’ who lived 100 years ago. I am in fact, talking about the infamous Sheikh Abdulla bin Isa Al Khalifa