Defiance Stands Her Ground; "One year of prison is nothing, We have a cause… This will not stop us."

Activist Zainab al-Khawaja, jailed daughter of Bahraini human rights activist, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, freed By REEM KHALIFA – Associated Press – 16 February, 2014 MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahraini activist Zainab al-Khawaja was released from prison on Sunday after nearly a year behind bars for multiple convictions including participation in an illegal gathering. Friends and supporters more »

OHCHR to Affirm Bahrain Progress on Human Rights, Chide Short Falls, leave it to return to Status Quo

NIHR welcomes OHCHR’s visit to Bahrain 15 February,, 2014 – Manama, Feb. 14. (BNA) – The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) has welcomed the visit of the delegation of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to Bahrain next Wednesday, and called upon all concerned ministries and NGOs to cooperate more »

Revolutionary Youth – Insights from Stuart Hall's Revolutionary Legacy

Hall’s work in cultural studies offers unique insight into the role of the youth in the Arab revolutions. Stuart Hall’s revolutionary legacy 16 February, 2014 – Mark LeVine – AlJazeera Of all the insights offered by the seminal Jamaican-British cultural theorist Stuart Hall, who passed away on February 10 this year, one of the most more »

Bahrain Regime to UN – "Small Group of 500 Thousand Terrorists are Causing all the Shit…"

Bahrain sends letter to UN chief 16 February, 2014 – Gulf Daily News BAHRAIN yesterday sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, highlighting the systematic campaign of terror faced by the kingdom. Minister of State for Information Affairs and official government spokeswoman Sameera Rajab submitted the memo to United Nations Information Centre director more »

Bahrain Regime Grows Desperate, Night Raids, Murders, Illegal Arrests, not enough? Attack the Mosques

Bahraini Regime Attacks the Largest Shia Grand Mosque 14 February, 2014 – ABNA (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – The religious freedom department of Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO) has announced the attack on Imam Sadeq Grand Mosque yesterday, Friday 14thFebruary, by the regime forces. Sheikh Maytham Alsalman, head of the religious freedom department, said that more »