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A Bahraini opposition group says the British government has a negative attitude to the revolution in the Persian Gulf state and rather supports the suppressive al-Khalifa regime in the country. Bahrain National Democratic Society’s Secretary General Fazel Abbas told Al-Alam news channel that London’s position is clear from comments by the British ambassador to Bahrain and the change in the al-Khalifa approach to protesters after the Bahraini ruler’s meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron “raise questions about Britain’s role in Bahrain”. “We are extremely displeased with the British government’s stance,” Abbas added. Last week, Cameron hosted talks with Bahraini ruler King Hamad al-Khalifa in London but no details of the meeting were made public except a brief statement by the British PM’s office. “Cameron reiterated Britain’s support for ongoing political reform in Bahrain. The Prime Minister also encouraged His Majesty to continue to demonstrate substantive progress in all areas,” the statement said. Ahead of his visit to London, the Bahraini dictator amended a law on public gatherings to “ban organizing protests, rallies, gatherings or sit-ins in Manama, with the exception of sit-ins outside (offices of) international organizations\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\". Ahead of Hamad’s visit on Tuesday, human rights group Amnesty International warned Cameron that Bahrain is displaying “a façade of supposed reform” though the reality is that “critics and dissenting voices are just locked up and silenced”. Fazel said the Bahraini opposition groups will surely continue peaceful protests, especially the Tamarod demonstration planned for August 14, despite the regime being fully geared up to suppress public rallies in the coming days.

A new video has emerged on YouTube depicting the latest brutality of the Saudi-backed Al Khalifa regime forces against the Bahraini people. The video shows the Bahraini security forces kicking a door in and firing tear gas into a house only to flee the scene seconds later in their police vans. Security forces on Friday resorted to violence once more, in an attempt to disperse a rally of anti-regime protesters who have been calling for an end of the Al Khalifa regime, a Press TV correspondent reported. The anti-regime demonstrations on Friday led to one woman being killed and several others being injured. Meanwhile, human rights groups have condemned Manama's political ploy in initiating national dialogue, saying the move is aimed at influencing the international community. They argued that the Bahraini regime is continuing its severe repression of protesters despite the ongoing national talks launched earlier this month. Human Rights Watch has also urged Manama to probe the dismissal of thousands of workers from state-linked firms and government jobs over participation in anti-government protests earlier this year. Thousands of anti-government protesters have been waging protest rallies in Bahrain since mid-February, demanding an end to the Al Khalifa rule, which has been in power for over 40 years. In mid-March, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deployed their military forces in crisis-hit Bahrain to assist the Manama regime in its brutal crackdown on popular protests. Scores of protesters have been killed -- many under torture -- and numerous others detained and transferred to unknown locations during the regime's brutal onslaught on protesters.

While Bahrainis have taken to the streets to protest the al-Khalifa regime\'s dissolution of a prominent Shia clerical group, Bahrain Forum for Human Rights in Beirut held a conference to denounce the regime\'s decision and call for reversing the regime\'s decision. Activists have called the move a sectarian crackdown on Shias in the tiny Kingdom, stressing its unconstitutionality. Islamic scholars have condemned the dissolution, calling the regime\'s crackdown on peaceful demonstrators crime against all Muslims in the region. Other religious figures have urged Bahraini authorities to reverse their decision, warning of an eruption of violence in Manama. Since mid-February 2011, Bahrain has been witnessing peaceful demonstrations calling for the al-Khalifa royal family to relinquish power. On Wednesday, a court in the tiny Persian Gulf country ordered the dissolution of the clerical group. Following the move, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the main opposition bloc in the country, censured the move, saying that \"the regime has declared war on Shias.\" Bahrain\'s Justice and Islamic Affairs Ministry dissolved the prominent Shia clerical group after calling for confiscating all the Council\'s assets. Activists and religious leaders have gathered here in Beirut to denounce dissolving the Shia body in Bahrain, amid a widespread crackdown on Shias in the Persian Gulf State. Fateme

The ongoing negotiation between Bahrain's opposition and the Al Khalifa regime is "futile" as it fails to address the real demands of the people, says an activist.

A political analyst tells Press TV that the demonstrations in Bahrain are a real challenge for the United States and they don\\\'t want to make any noise that might call for reforms and topple this monarchy at this point. The comments came after tens of thousands of people in Bahrain staged a pro-reform demonstration in the capital city, Manama, despite a ban imposed by the Al Khalifa regime on protests. Press TV has conducted an interview with Michael Maloof, former Pentagon official from Washington, to further discuss the issue.

A young Bahraini pro-democracy poetess just released from jail and placed under house arrest says she was mentally and physically tortured by male and female officers while in jail. “They beat me [for] nine days, morning and afternoon and at night… they beat me a lot, a lot, a lot. More than one person beat me at the same time, man and woman,” said Ayat al-Qurmezi in an exclusive phone interview with Press TV on Friday. Recounting her bitter experience while jailed by the Saudi-backed Bahraini regime, Qurmezi, hailed as 'freedom poet,' told Press TV that her interrogator and prison guards did not allow her to use a bathroom and used very offensive and derogatory language against herself and her parents. She confirmed that her jailers also threatened to kill her and to hurt her family, adding that she was forced to make confessions, as the only way for “the king to forgive me” and to be saved from the beatings, verbal abuse and other forms of torture. Qurmezi, however, stated that despite repeated threats by Bahraini authorities that she would be returned to jail if she speaks to any media outlets, she was not afraid and would continue to speak the words of the Bahraini people. Al-Qurmezi was arrested on March 30 for reciting anti-government poetry in the capital of Manama's Pearl Square. She was then charged with incitement and insulting members of the royal family and handed a one-year jail term. On Thursday, the 20-year-old said she had faced house arrest in exchange for freedom, but vowed to continue her freedom-seeking campaign. “And I won't be afraid because of a paper I signed,” Qurmezi said, referring to a pledge she had signed not to violate the terms of her arrest, join protests and speak to the media. Further, her family says she was forced by her jailors to clean filthy lavatories with her bare hands. In a popular uprising, tens of thousands of Bahraini protesters have been holding peaceful anti-regime rallies throughout the country since February, demanding an end to the rule of the Al Khalifa family. The royals have governed the oil-rich Persian Gulf island for over 40 years with major backing from the United States, Britain and the neighboring Saudi Arabia. Scores of people have been killed and many more arrested and tortured in prisons as part of the clampdown in the country -- a longtime US ally and home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet.

Bahrain is the scene of yet another anti-government rally. The protest west of Manama was joined by the leader of the main opposition bloc Al-Wefaq. Sheikh Ali Salman attended the rally in the village of Shakhora to condemn the jailing of photographers and activists by the Al Khalifa regime. The protest comes as Manama continues its brutal crackdown against opposition leaders and activists calling for democratic change in the Persian Gulf Kingdom. The Al Khalifa regime has detained hundreds of opposition activists since the revolution started in 20-11. Scores of protesters have died in the crackdown and many others have been given lengthy jail sentences for attending anti-regime protests.

Sayyed Hashim chastises the al-Khalifah regime and gives it a stern warning after it unlawfully executed three Bahraini youth.

Thirty-three people have faced military court hearings in Bahrain despite the lifting of the martial law by the Al Khalifa regime earlier this year. The defendants are facing charges including trying to topple the Bahraini government. Those facing charges are two former lawmakers, Jawad Firouz and Matar Matar, along with a female poet. Press TV interviews Saeed al-Shahabi, a Bahraini opposition leader in London, as he shares his views on the Bahraini Prime Minister's trip to the United States, and the current situation taking place in the Middle Eastern country.

The Bahraini Nation Made A Choice | Sayyid Hashim al-Haidari

A recently-emerged video from Bahrain shows that the ruling family's relentless crackdown on popular anti-government protests continues to take its toll on Bahraini minors. The video, released by activists, shows how Saudi-backed forces detain children despite the Al Khalifa family's recent lifting of countrywide martial law it had put into force back in March. Youngsters protesting the ongoing violent suppression are shown fleeing police cars on the eastern island of Sitra. The regime forces then catch up with the kids and brutally beat one of them before abducting a number of the children.

[30 July 2012] Bahrainis not to give up revolution - News Analysis - English Almost a year in a half into its revolution, Bahrainis continue to take to the streets calling for the end of the Al Khalifa regime. And the regime continues with its brutal crackdown, continuing arrests, and oppressive tactics when dealing with demonstrators. And a year and a half later, the western supporters of Manama continue trying to look the other way as people continue to die in Bahrain.

A massive peaceful march of Bahraini citizens is planned for later today to continue a year- long resistance against the Saudi-backed Al Khalifa regime calling for its downfall. Press TV has interviewed Saeed Shahabi, Bahrain Freedom movement in London about the message today's popular march supported by the significant majority of the population sends the dictatorial regime and its Western and Saudi backers as well as the international community. What follows is an approximate transcript of the interview.

[22 May 2012] Bahrain HR breach embarrassing for US - English Bahraini protesters in several villages near the capital, Manama, have held demonstrations against the US support for the Al Khalifa regime. Anti-regime demonstrators took to the streets in several villages near Manama on Monday, carrying placards that read, "Death to America" and "Down with King Hamad," referring to the Bahraini monarch. The demonstrators censured Washington for ignoring the Bahraini regime's violation of rights of the peaceful protesters. Press TV has conducted an interview with Hisham Jaber, the director of the Middle East Studies Center from Beirut, to shed more light on the issue.

Press TV has conducted an interview with international lawyer, Franklin Lamb, about the situation in Bahrain

Press TV has conducted an interview with Kamel Wazne, political commentator, about the Bahraini regime\'s crackdown on its own people.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Mohsen Saleh, professor at the Lebanese University, about Bahraini regime forces raiding the houses of anti-regime demonstrators in several villages.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Mohsen Saleh, professor at the Lebanese University, about Bahraini forces storming nearly two dozen houses in a village near the capital Manama, in their ongoing crackdown on anti-regime protesters.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Kamel Wazne, political analyst, about Bahraini regime forces attacking dozens of houses in a village near the capital, Manama, as the crackdown on anti-regime protesters continues.

Press TV interviews Rodney Shakespeare, the chairman of the Committee against Torture in Bahrain, from London, to talk about the Bahraini forces\' crackdown on protesters mourning the killing of a 17-year-old by regime troops.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Colin Cavell, a former lecturer with the University of Bahrain from West Virginia, to discuss the Bahraini regime\'s crackdown on protesters.

Recently, the citizenship of a prominent Bahraini scholar and dissident, Shaykh Isa Qasem, was revoked by the Bahraini government. What does this mean for the al-Khalifa dynasty ruling the country?

One of the ways the House of al-Khalifa has consistently sought to undermine the Bahraini nation\\\'s struggle for self-determination has been by attacking the integrity of the movement\\\'s leader, Shaykh Isa Qasem. In this clip, Sayyid Hasan Nasrallah sets the record straight and calls on us to rally forth in the Shaykh\\\'s defence.

We ask this question to the Zionists\\\' subservient Bahraini dictator al-Khalifa regime.

A touching Nasheed by the defenders of the dignity of Islam - Ayatollah Shaykh Isa Qasem in Bahrain. The despotic al-Khalifa regime will face serious consequences. Shaykh Ali Salman expresses the sentiments of the Bahraini masses.

The Bahraini dictator al-Khalifa regime continues to the oppress Ayatollah Shaykh Isa Qasem and the Bahraini nation. Please pray for his health and well-being.

An eloquent piece of poetry for the oppressed nation of Bahrain. May Allah protect Shaykh Isa Qasem from the clutches of cruel and filthy Bahraini Al-Khalifa regime.

Bahrain\'s police have summoned, Sheikh Ali Salman, the head of Bahrain\'s main opposition group al-Wefaq for questioning. Sources inside the kingdom\'s interior ministry have revealed the summons without providing any specific reason for that. Al-Wefaq has also confirmed the news, describing it part of the regime\'s blackmailing and revenge tactics against anti-government protesters. Bahraini authorities shut and dismantled an exhibition on anti-government demonstrations on Wednesday. They said the exhibition--set up by al-Wefaq--violates the law. Back in September, al-Wefaq\'s deputy leader Khalil al-Marzouq was also arrested on charge of inciting protests against the Al Khalifa ruling family. Although he was released in late October, he will stand trial in December.