Author Archives: GCC

Opinion If F1 can’t help protect ordinary Bahrainis, stop the grand prix

The race exacerbates the human rights abuses that take place in Bahrain, with any protest [...]

UAE rights activist Ahmed Mansoor put on trial in Abu Dhabi

Prominent activist Ahmed Mansoor has been held for more than a year in solitary confinement [...]

UK envoy to Saudi Arabia hails defeat of ‘terrorists’ in besieged Shia town

Ambassador said shattered Awamiyah could be rebuilt with the ‘return of security’ to the city [...]

Bahraini court jails 24 Shias, strips them of citizenship

A Bahrain court has sentenced 24 Shia citizens to jail and revoked their nationality as [...]

How could Bahrain’s largest oil find have an impact on the region?

The small island nation of Bahrain announced on April 1, that it had discovered extensive [...]

Reverberations of war continue after 15 years: Iraq looks to the future, bogged down by the past

Open Discussions /Gulf Cultural Club   Reverberations of war continue after 15 years: Iraq looks [...]