Full Coverage: Bahrain

02.04.2007 Bahrain has launched a major campaign to bring religious leaders into the fight against AIDS. The number of cases reported in Arab countries has gone up by 300% in the past three years.

27.06.2006 With the news to have the smart card compulsory by next month, Bahrain is just one step away from a completely digitised economy. The law making smart card mandatory will make the Kingdom ahead of many countries in the region to switch over to the new digital economy.

19.06.2006 Bahrain's government moved into the hi-tech age yesterday with the launch of Bab Al Bahrain website. It will link all government ministries and help speed up services to citizens via the Internet.

12.06.2006 Mona Jassem Al Kawari, a Bahraini lawyer, welcomed her appointment as the first woman judge in Bahrain as "a historic day".

30.01.2006 Bahrain will introduce e-voting technology in its next election. Election and referendum director Shaikha Muneera bint Abdulla Al Khalifa described the e-voting in Bahrain as a genuine experiment of democratic transformation to the horizons of the 21st century.

21.09.2005 An electronic records and database system was launched at Bahrain’s Chamber of Deputies.The system, which will replace a manual programme, is a turning point in the Chamber’s legislative and administration operations.

17.08.2004 At a series of meetings facilitated by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights last month, families of the six Bahraini citizens detained at Guantanamo Bay urged their government to initiate action for the immediate release of the detainees. They want their government to send Bahraini lawyers to visit the detainees and consult with a New York Law firm that has agreed to represent them.

25.10.2002 Women were allowed to run for national office and vote in Bahrain's parliamentary elections yesterday for the first time.

24.09.2002 Kuwait and Bahrain have become the latest countries to voice support for the creation of an international fund to promote science and technology in the Muslim World.

13.02.2001 The release of most of Bahrain's political prisoners before this week's referendum on political reforms has been welcomed by Human Rights Watch, which also commended the encouragement of public debate around the proposed reforms.

18.12.2000 Hundreds of Bangladeshi women sent to work as home helpers in Gulf nations each year are abused and exploited by unscrupulous employers, say rights groups.

04.07.2000 A British colonel accused of torture while running Bahrain's secret police retired abruptly yesterday from his post as an adviser to the island's interior ministry.

12.01.2000 British authorities have launched an investigation into allegations of torture made against the former head of Bahrain's security service.

09.07.1999 A 62-year-old Shi'a religious leader and outspoken critic of Bahrain's government has been convicted at a state security court on charges of spying and treason.