BAHRAIN BLAST

Date: August 15, 2019 - Affairs

Conor McGregor


The recent executions in Bahrain of three Shi’ite activists were met with opprobrium from human rights groups and civil unrest in the Middle Eastern kingdom. One member of the country’s royal family, Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, has some interesting Irish connections and for him the timing was not good. Sheikh Khalid is the… Read more »

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