Risen: Obama administration is this generation’s ‘greatest enemy of press freedom’ by Andrew Beaujon – 24 March, 2014 – Poynter.org “It won’t take me long to alienate everyone in the room,” Jeffrey Toobin told an audience in New York Friday. “For better or worse, it has been clear there is no journalistic privilege under the more »
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Bahrain racing in circles – A Time for Social Media Action
One way to support Bahrain;s imprisoned photographers will be through a F1 campaign we just launched with Reporters Without Borders. We’re using a tool called Thunderclap, which helps create a social media flash mob at a predetermined time – in this case, for the starting gun of the race on April 6. We want to more »
Urgent Medical Care Arranged for Hussain Hubail – Contact Your MP or Congress Person
Hussain Hubail’s Health: Update. 22 March, 2014 Hussain Hubail, 21, has pains in his chest and severe palpitations, low sugar levels and high blood pressure. Was unconscious for twelve hours on 13 Feb 2014 when rushed to hospital. Rushed to hospital 5 times in last eight months. Increased frequency of collapses since January 2014. Salmanya more »
Verdict In Hussain Hubail's Trial Imminent – In need of immediate health care
URGENT ACTION VERDICT IN HUSSAIN HUBAIL’S TRIAL IMMINENT 14 March, 2014 – Amnesty International Photographer Hussain Hubail is about to receive his verdict. He is on trial together with eight other men on charges arising from their exercise of their right to freedom of expression. He has been denied adequate medical treatment. Hussain Hubail’s trial, more »
Break The Shame, Break The Silence, Break The Chains, NO Bloody F1 Race in Bahrain
MP, Kath Clark, Questions ‘FORMULA ONE: IMPLICATIONS IN BAHRAIN’
BRITISH MP CHAIRS ‘FORMULA ONE: IMPLICATIONS IN BAHRAIN’ EVENT AT PORTCULLIS HOUSE 21 March, 2014 – BCHR Labour MP, Katy Clark, today chaired and hosted the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy event at Portcullis House. The panel included Maryam Al-Khawaja, the acting president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, Daniel Carey, a civil more »
That this House opposes the staging of the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix
BAHRAIN FORMULA ONE GP 2014 Session: 2013-14 Date tabled: 17.03.2014 Primary sponsor: Clark, Katy Sponsors: Corbyn, Jeremy – Dobson, Frank – Leech, John – McDonnell, John – Huppert, Julian That this House opposes the staging of the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix due to ongoing human rights violations in that country; notes that Human Rights Watch’s more »
Bahrain's brutal police force kill another with CS Gas – CS Gas IS NOT "less-than-lethal"
Another Bahraini dies of tear gas inhalation 18 March, 2014 – Islamic Invitation Turkey Another Bahraini has died due to inhaling tear gas fired by Saudi-backed regime forces as the ruling Al Khalifa dynasty continues its violent suppression of peaceful pro-democracy rallies in the country. Locals said they had witnessed extensive use of tear gas more »
Obama's indifference toward Bahrain's al Khalifa regime perpetuates it's bloody reign
INSIGHT: Bahrain Uprising – Three Years In, Still No Way Out 13 February, 2014 – By Brian Dooley – Middle East Voices Three years after Bahrain joined the Arab Spring uprisings in the Middle East, human rights defenders are left wondering when the Obama Administration will put action behind its flamboyant 2011 rhetoric about rights, more »
Bahrainis fill streets with protests as inept regime fusses with pretense of reconciliation
Bahrain Shias protest against government 22 March, 2014 – Al Jazeera Thousands of Bahrainis, mainly from the Shia majority, demonstrated near Manama on Friday against what they described as sectarian discrimination in the Sunni-ruled kingdom. “No to discrimination,” chanted protesters brandishing Bahrain’s red-and-white flag as they marched along Budaiya main road, which links Shia villages more »