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Saudi Arabia continues its brutal crackdown on undocumented migrant workers. The crackdown is seemingly aimed at eradicating the kingdom\'s high unemployment rate. Thousands of foreign workers are on the run as security agents of the world\'s top oil exporter begin to raid businesses, markets and residential areas in an effort to arrest migrants. Take a look at this story:

[15 June 2014] israel continues crackdown amid searching for missing teens - English

Targeting of activists, who demand freedom and change, continues by the authorities in Bahrain. Scores of people remaining in prison or detained for opposing the government, including prisoners of conscience and people sentenced after unfair trials. Human rights defenders and other activists harassed and imprisoned. And people dying from inhaling teargas fired by Saudi-backed regime forces. In a fresh sign of its unrelenting crackdown, Bahrain\\\'s regime forces attack the funeral procession of a 31-year old man, Omran al-Seyed, who died after inhaling tear gas in the village of Karzakan. Regime forces tried to disperse mourners by firing tear gas and stun grenades. Bahrainis have been protesting against the Al Khalifah regime for over two years now. Manama has responded with an iron fist. Scores have been killed and many injured or arrested during the crackdown. The U.S. and its allies have turned a blind eye to the atrocity which has been facilitated by Saudi Arabia\\\'s intervention in Bahrain. In this edition of the Debate, we\\\'ll discuss Bahrain, including new developments, such as UK\\\'s arms sale, and why the international bodies and countries who promote democracy have failed to do anything about the cries coming from this tiny Persian Gulf Kingdom.

[04 Sept 2013] Crackdown on tunnels lead to fuel shortage in Gaza - English

[02 Oct 2013] Anti-regime protests continue in Bahrain despite crackdown - English

Bahrain\'s opposition group say they\'re going to continue their boycott of a national dialog over the Manama regime\'s ongoing crackdown on dissent. They\'ve stressed that the recent release of the leader of the main opposition bloc, al-Wefaq, is not enough for them to return to the national dialog. This, just days after a Bahraini court ordered the release of Khalil al-Marzuq and said his case will be reviewed in mid-December. Marzuq was charged with encouraging anti-regime violence in the tiny island state in the Persian Gulf. He has rejected the charges. His arrest had prompted the Shia-led opposition to suspend political talks with the regime. Bahrain has been the scene of almost-daily protests against the regime since mid-February 2011, despite a heavy-handed crackdown on pro-democracy rallies.

Supporters of Egypt\'s ousted president Mohamed Morsi hold fresh rallies despite a heavy-handed security crackdown. Demonstrators call for the reinstatement of the first-democratically elected president toppled by the army in early July.

[25 Mar 2014] The Debate - Egypt Crackdown (Part 1) - English

[25 Mar 2014] The Debate - Egypt Crackdown (Part 2) - English

[27 Apr 2014] The Debate - Egypt Crackdown (P.1) - English

[27 Apr 2014] The Debate - Egypt Crackdown (P.2) - English

[16 June 2014] Hamas condemns Israel crackdown on its members over 3 missing teens - English

[14 Aug 2014] Rally outside UN in New York condemns Egypt\'s 2013 crackdown - English

[18 Jan 2015] The Debate - Bahrain Crackdown (P.1) - English

[18 Jan 2015] The Debate - Bahrain Crackdown (P.2) - English

[26 Jan 2015] Pakistan crackdown against terror suspects - English

[01 feb 2015] The Debate - Bahrain Crackdown (P.1) - English

[01 feb 2015] The Debate - Bahrain Crackdown (P.2) - English

Bahrain triggers human rights uproar As many as 26 human rights organizations have called on the international community to address Bahrain's suppression of rights advocates and Shias population, an Egyptian institute says. "We stress the international community's responsibility for curbing the security campaign aimed at silencing human rights defenders and concealing the grave abuses committed by the authorities against the citizenry, particularly the Shia community," the organizations said in a petition. The bodies warned about "the authorities' increasing crackdown on the different forms of expression and peaceful association and assembly" and "the government's growing tendency to set the law aside in favor of naked force, detention, the torture and abuse of peaceful opponents," one of the cosignatories, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), said in a press release on Wednesday. They said Manama maintained "a policy of systematic discrimination and marginalization of the Shia majority." The Shia opposition refuses to recognize the 2002 constitution and has called for a boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections, set for October 23. The protesting organizations also said that the suppression campaign was meant "to pave the way for wide-ranging election fraud." Despite their demographic predominance in the kingdom, the Shias have long complained about being discriminated against by the Bahraini government when it comes to obtaining jobs and receiving services. Earlier in the month, the Manama government revoked the citizenship of leading Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Hussein al-Najati, who represents top Iraqi cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Bahrain, as well as the citizenship of his family. An outspoken critic of the government, Sheikh Abdul Jaleel al-Miqdad, has also been prohibited from leading the Friday Prayers. The Bahraini government has arrested more than 250 Shias since August, accusing 23 of them of plotting a coup and provoking "violence, rioting and terrorism." Article Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/143715.html

US runs crackdown on Bahrainis - Discussion - English

Crackdown on Bahrain Protesters by Saudi Army - 16 Mar 2011 - All Languages

Deadly crackdown in Yemen - 18 Mar 2011 - English

Bahraini activist Zainab al-Khawaja, who is on hunger strike, has criticized the US administration for turning a blind eye to the Saudi-backed crackdown on anti-government protesters in Bahrain.

Yemen Protests and Crackdown - 20Apr2011 - English

Bahrain: New crackdown footage; Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan protests - 01May2011 - English

Press TV News Headlines - Bahrain Crackdown - 25 June 2011 - English

Tens of thousands of Yemenis have rallied across the country, denouncing regime forces' deadly crackdown on peaceful protests. They also slammed the US for backing the dictatorial regime of outgoing ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh.

[11 June 2012] Al Khalifa will not survive by brutal crackdown: Analyst - English Bahraini regime forces have raided the house of Sheikh Ali Salman, the leader of the country's main opposition group, al-Wefaq, in a village near the capital, Manama. The incident took place as thousands of Bahraini protesters were holding an anti-regime demonstration outside Salman's house. The exact date of the incident, however, has not been announced. Al-Wefaq has organized many anti-government demonstrations in Bahrain since the beginning of the revolution in February 2011. Press TV talks with Jamal Wakim, a professor at the Lebanese International University, to further discuss the issue.