URGENT ACTION AHMED AL-ARAB NOW NEEDS MEDICAL ATTENTION 20 February, 2014 Ahmed Mohammad Saleh al-Arab now requires urgent medical attention for injuries he says he sustained during torture at the National Security Agency. Ahmed Mohammad Saleh al-Arab saw his family for the first time on 10 February, a month after he was arrested, and again more »
Open Letter to President of Venezuela Soon, the Battle for Venezuela by ANDRE VLTCHEK – 21 February, 2014 They are already sewing your funeral gown, Venezuela. They are now ready to welcome you back to that world of the lobotomized, destroyed nations that are fully submissive to Western political and economic interests – Indonesia, Philippines, more »
Formula 1 – Red Bull hit yet more testing trouble in Bahrain Reuters – 21 February, 2014 – eurosport.com Australian Daniel Ricciardo managed just 28 laps at the Sakhir circuit before the team decided to suspend running to prepare the car for the final day of the second pre-season test on Saturday. Red Bull, winners more »
Britain’s Prince Charles to visit Bahrain Habib ToumiBureau – 20 February, 2014 – gn Manama: Prince Charles will visit Bahrain and call on the royal family on Friday, the British embassy in Manama said. “The Prince’s visit will follow his visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which took place from Monday 17 to Friday 21 more »
U.S., allies agree on standards for which opposition groups in Syria will receive aid By Karen DeYoung – 20 February, 2014 – Washington Post The United States and its principal European and Arab allies have agreed on a unified way of providing Syrian rebel groups with aid, classifying them into those who should receive arms more »
URGENT – Bahrain Photographers in Peril 20 February, 2014 Mohammed Al Oraibi, 30 years old, freelance photographer, got arrested from the airport coming from Lebanon, on the 2nd Feb 2014. Disappeared. He was arrested previously in Sep 2012, for 3 months. His cameras and electronic organs were confiscated the next day, when 5 policemen in more »
Wahabi Terrorist Stone to Death a Young Girl for Operating a Facebook Account in Syria 22 February, 2014 – Jafria News Fatoum Al-Jassem was taken to One of a Self Made Sharia court after she was caught using the social networking website, in Rakka, Syria. The Sharia court declared that using a Facebook account amounts more »
Four die in eastern Saudi Arabia police raid 20 February, 2014 – BBC Two police officers and two men they were trying to arrest have been killed in a gunfight in Saudi Arabia’s restive Eastern Province, officials say. The interior ministry said the officers came under fire while trying to detain “armed troublemakers” in al-Awamiya, more »