Bahrain: Human rights defender jailed without access to lawyer By Milana Knezevic – 1 Sep. 2014 – Index on Censorship Prominent human rights activist Maryam Alkhawaja has been jailed in Bahrain. She was detained at Bahrain International Airport on Friday as she tried to enter the country, and has yet to meet with her lawyer. more »
Hussain Hubail, is struggling to get medical care and survive in Jaw Prison. If he gets a consultant’s appointment the prison refuses to provide transport. Hussain’s Appeal on 20th August against his 5 year sentence was postponed until 21st September. If the US and UK Governments don’t want this young man to die in prison, more »
The Militarization of Racism and Neoliberal Violence 18 Aug. 2014 15:43 By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Police form a line during a standoff with protesters in Ferguson, Mo. – Photo: Whitney Curtis – NYT The recent killing and then demonization of an unarmed 18-year-old African-American youth, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri by a white police more »
What The Police’s ‘Non Lethal Weapons’ Can Do To Human Bodies by Tara Culp-Ressler – 18 August – Think Progress Police advance after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd of protesters in Ferguson, MO on Sunday – AP Photo/Charlie Riedel The ongoing unrest in Ferguson over 18-year-old Mike Brown’s shooting has illustrated the more »
9 Bahraini Human Rights Organisations Launched a Campaign for the Release of the Blind Detainee Jafar Matooq 18 August, 2014 SHAFAQNA – 9 Bahraini human rights organisations along with human rights activists in Bahrain have launched a campaign for the release of Bahraini blind detainee Jafar Matooq, who is in urgent need of treatment. This more »
Around the world in tear gas: Protests stifled in 2014 14 August, 2014 – Al Jazeera As a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, seethes with anger after the murder of an unarmed black teenager over the weekend, images of demonstrations are reminiscent of protest zones across the globe. With security forces lobbing tear gas canisters more »
Bahrain opposition: A contractual constitution is a necessity to end the political crisis in Bahrain 18 aug. 2014 – ABNA The national democratic opposition parties in Bahrain staged a mass rally on Friday August 15th , 2014 marking Bahrain’s independence day anniversary from British mandate in 1971. The national democratic opposition parties in Bahrain staged more »