Articles for Bahrain

Nasser Bader Al-Raas, 29, both a Kuwaiti and Canadian national, currently living in Kuwait, was arrested on 20 March 2011 at Bahrain International Airport, 4km north of Manama. Mr Raas had flown to Bahrain on 6 March 2011 for family reasons and was returning home to Kuwait when he was arrested. Alkarama was told that after check-in, he spoke with a friend on the phone, but never boarded the plane. While witnesses report he was arrested by police officers at the airport, he has yet to reappear.

Since the beginning of the protests in Bahrain calling for democratic changes in the country, Alkarama has been informed of 6 deaths and hundreds of injured caused by excessive use of violence by the police.