Detained journalists and bloggers appear in court 30 January, 2014 – Reporters without Borders Reporters Without Borders reiterates its condemnation of the arbitrary behaviour of the Bahraini judicial system, which has postponed the trials of several detained news and information providers in the past two weeks. The judicial authorities must abandon all the trumped-up charges more »
Imagine your daughter stood with a friend outside the FI race course wearing a T shirt, bearing the images of Abdulhadi al Khawaja, the defence lawyer and Ahmed Humaidan, a photo-journalist. Rihana al Mousawi and Nafeesa al Asfoor were arrested on April 20th 2013 at a peaceful demonstration. They were about to be released with more »
The situation is getting worse for Ebrahim Demastani who has been on a hunger strike to get medical treatment since 20th December 2013. (See: BCHR article 22.1.2014 and Rula Safur’s statement on his conviction and health in Gulf News 22.1.2014.) Rula Safur, Head of the Bahrain nurses said he was sentenced to 3 years for more »
Bahrain Flag to be Replaced on Revolution’s 3rd Anniversary Perhaps, the most significant move the informal opposition has ever made, since the popular anti-regime revolution sparked in Bahrain was the announcement for a Republic state. The announcement has effectively delegitimized the absolute Monarchy that was imposed by the “self-proclaimed” (king) and dictator Hamad Alkhalifa a more »
Imperialism and NGOs in Latin America James Petras – September, 1997 By the early 1980s the more perceptive sectors of the neoliberal ruling classes realized that their policies were polarizing the society and provoking large-scale social discontent. Neoliberal politicians began to finance and promote a parallel strategy “from below,” the promotion of “grassroots” organization with more »
Bahrain: 651 Citizens Sentenced in Security Cases During 2013 6 January, 2014 – Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights stated today that during the year 2013 the Bahraini Courts issued imprisonment verdicts against 651 citizens based on security charges related to the protests that kicked off on 14 more »
Today Hussain Hubail, 21, a photographer detained since July 31st, had a medical appointment at the hospital with him mum. Hubail collapsed last Thursday, as he suffered from a heart spasm, and was taken to Salmaniya Hospital for treatment, where he remained in the intensive care unit for several hours and then in the short more »
Bahrain accuses Tehran of training opposition militants 4 January, 2014 – The Peninsula Protesters carrying Bahraini flags and photos of Shia scholar Isa Qassim march during an anti-government rally organised by main opposition group Al Wefaq in Budaiya, west of Manama, yesterday. DUBAI: Bahrain accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guards yesterday of providing opposition militants with explosives more »