Author Archives: GCC

Hundreds of Bahrainis stripped of citizenship: report

Since 2012, 738 people lost their citizenship including journalists, human rights activists and religious scholars. [...]

UAE says wants ‘bigger military role’ in Middle East

A United Arab Emirate minister has claimed that his country can take on a bigger [...]

Questions raised over paid protest timed for Qatari leader’s No 10 visit

Casting agency offers £20 per head for extras to stand outside Downing Street during emir [...]

Donald Trump hoping to call Gulf states to Washington summit

US hopes to defuse simmering dispute between Qatar and other key states in the region [...]

Top Bahraini cleric Sheikh Qassim leaves ICU after ‘successful’ operation in London

Bahrain’s top Shia cleric, Sheikh Isa Qassim, has come out of the intensive care unit [...]

UN rights experts tell Bahraini govt. to end crackdown on activists, free speech

United Nations human rights experts have called on the Bahraini government to put an end [...]