Torture Redux


We’ll go back to the 1990s.
—Ministry of Interior officer to detainee Nadr Ali Ahmad al-Salatne

HRW:World Report Chapter: Bahrain


Human Rights Watch
Bahrain
World Report Chapter: Bahrain

Events of 2009

Authorities block human rights page on Twitter website


Alert - Bahrain
20 January 2010
Authorities block human rights page on Twitter website
SOURCE: Bahrain Center for Human Rights

(BCHR/IFEX) - 10 January 2010 - The authorities have blocked a personal webpage operated by a Bahraini resident on the global social website Twitter, justifying the move by claiming that the owner of the webpage is breaking the country's law regulating printing, publishing and the press.

Freedom in the World 2010 Survey Release

Bahrain’s political rights rating declined from 5 to 6 and its status from Partly Free to Not Free due to arrests of prominent members of the Haq political society, an increase in systematic harassment of opposition political figures, and worsening sectarian discrimination

Chasing minor suspects of corruption while senior officials enjoy impunity


The One-Eyed War against Corruption in Bahrain:
Chasing minor suspects of corruption while senior officials enjoy impunity

The Elected Members in the Council of Representatives and Municipality have to carry out their Responsibilities and not withhold any Information related to Corruption cases, Otherwise they are Associates in It

The Role of Media and Civil Society Institutions has to be activated to Fight Corruption

10 January 2010

Smear campaign against free expression


Smear campaign against free expression

2 Dec 2010
A large number of fake human rights and civil society organisations have sprung to life in Bahrain, when in reality they are fronts for greater government control, says a new report by the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR).

Authorities prevent an annual demonstration in commemoration of martyrs and torture victims


On National Day, Bahrain turns into a security quagmire

Authorities prevent an annual demonstration in commemoration of martyrs and torture victims

Bahrain 10 years on


Bahrain 10 years on
From Deena Jawhar, Middle East International www.meionline.com
Deena Jawhar recalls the radical change of course that was promised when King Hamad assumed power and how it quickly veered away from expectations

In Escape from and not as a Solution to the Human Rights Files


Bahrain: An Escalation of Arrests and New Claims of Torture with the Approach of the Week of Martyrs and Torture Victims

December 2009

Expanding the red lines of criticism in the press


The unspoken rules imposed on journalist and self-censorship

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