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 »
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Voices Grow Louder Calling for Release of Blind Detainee Jafar Matooq
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 »
Michael Brown Killed 9 August, 2014 – will they ever learn, No Justice, No Peace
Got Gas? Welcome to Revolution's Morning
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 »
'Contractual Constitution', latest in rhetorical spin from Bahrain's Reformist Wing
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 »
Saudi Injustice toward Sheik al-Nimr addressed by Hezbollah
Hezbollah warns Saudis on Sheikh Nimr’s trial 15 August, 2014 Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has demanded a halt to the prosecution or any legal pursuit of prominent Saudi cleric Ayatollah Nimr Baqer al-Nimr by the Riyadh regime, vowing that continuing with the fabricated legal case against the Shia scholar will further deteriorate the regional situation. more »
Sheikh Tawfiq al-Amr victimised by sectarian system of Saudi Injustice
Amnesty slams Saudi Arabia over Shia cleric verdict 1 5 August, 2014 – Shia Post Amnesty International has slammed Saudi Arabia for handing down a harsh verdict to a leading Shia cleric in the country. Amnesty International said on Thursday that the harsh sentence of Sheikh Tawfiq al-Amr shows the disturbing pattern of harassment against more »
Bahrain Kingdom of Injustice 22 new Political Prisoners to its list of detained on false charges
Bahrain regime imprisons 22 Shiite over anti-regime protests 17 August, 2014 – PRessTV The Bahraini regime has given jail terms to 22 activists for taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations in the Persian Gulf country. The Bahraini regime has given jail terms to 22 activists for taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations in the Persian Gulf country. more »
Prisoner of Conscience Nabeel Rajab Speaks about Prison Ordeal
Opposition fill streets of Bahrain with ceaseless protest since Massacre at Pearl Roundabout Feb.2011
Bahrainis to Hold Protest Rallies 15 August, 2014 – Tasim News Agency TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Bahrain’s political and revolutionary forces have called on the Persian Gulf country’s people to take part in protest rallies on Friday. They urged people to hold anti-regime demonstrations and insist on the withdrawal of Saudi and Emirati forces from Bahrain, more »