Attacks on activists
Politically Motivated Closure of the Bahraini Akhbar Al-Khaleej Newspaper
The Newspaper had always taken advantage of the dispute with Iran to incite Internal Sectarian hatred without governmental objection
Arbitrary Detention of a Citizen for Disseminating Information on the National Security Apparatus
Targeting the President of the BCHR in the same case
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights 8 June 2009
Wall Street Journal: U.S. Navy Fleet's Mideast Home Is Facing Rise in Sectarian Strife
JUNE 20, 2009.
By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV
MADINAT HAMAD, Bahrain -- On a recent evening, Issa al Jibb climbed the roof of his home and started hurling Molotov cocktails into the adjoining property of the Rawi clan. By the time Bahraini police shot him down with a rubber bullet, Mr. Jibb had managed to burn three cars and part of the building, and inflicted serious burns on two Rawi teenagers.
Steadfast in Protest: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders publishes its Annual Report 2009
Friday 19th June 2009,
The 2009 Annual report of the Observatory :BAHRAIN
THE OBSERVATORY for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders :BAHRAIN
Political context
Amnesty International Report 2009- Bahrain
The authorities failed adequately to investigate allegations of torture and other ill-treatment of detainees. Government critics were briefly detained and several websites were closed down. One person was executed. The government indicated it would decriminalize certain publishing offences, reduce legal discrimination against women and introduce other reforms.
Background
The Bahraini Authorities Recruit of Mercenaries from Makran Town, Pakistan
The Bahraini Authorities Recruit of Mercenaries from Makran Town, Pakistan: The Bahrain Government's use of foreign mercenaries to oppress Bahraini people with legitimate demands and grievances leads to a growing hostility towards foreigners
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights
6/6/2009
Forty local and international orginisations protest attacks on free expression in Bahrain
(BCHR/IFEX) - Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty IFEX members signed on to the following statement, calling on the Bahraini authorities to address recent attacks on free expression in that country:
The Associated Press: Bahrain's Shiites push for rights
By REBECCA SANTANA – 23 hours ago
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — It seemed like a moment of reconciliation in this Gulf island nation's bitter sectarian divide, when Sunni Muslim rulers suddenly released a group of jailed Shiite activists. Shiites, who days before had been burning tires in protests, cheered in the streets.
The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights: Bahrain: Kidnap and Assault of a Young Boy
Bahrain: Kidnap and Assault of a Young Boy after his Release among the Royal Pardon
24 May 2009
The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights expresses its deep concern regarding the information received on the assault of Sayed Adnan Sayed Majeed – 16 years of age – after he was kidnapped by a group of people wearing civilian clothes near his home in Hamad Town, south of the country.
