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GDN:Pardoned man arrested in Syria
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Pardoned man arrested in Syria
By MOHAMMED AL A'ALI
A PARDONED Bahraini terror suspect was last night still in Syrian police custody after being arrested as he tried to leave for home.
Shaikh Mohammed Habib Al Muqdad entered Syria four days ago, but was arrested at Damascus airport as he was about to fly out early yesterday.
His name apparently showed up on a list of people banned from travelling, on an immigration desk computer.
GDN:Court protest over murder trial
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Court protest over murder trial
By NOOR TOORANI
DOZENS of protesters gathered outside the Justice and Islamic Affairs Ministry yesterday to demonstrate against the continuing trial of 19 men accused of murdering a policeman.
The streets surrounding the complex echoed to the chants of relatives, who stood in the sun for two hours, holding placards demanding they be released, after being denied entry.
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
Reuters: Bahraini Shi'ites complain over settling Sunnis
21 Jun 2009
By Andrew Hammond
DUBAI, June 21 (Reuters) - Majority Shi'ite Muslims in the Gulf Arab state of Bahrain, home to a U.S. navy base, are increasingly agitated over what they say are government efforts to give Sunni foreigners nationality to dilute Shi'ite numbers.
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 Media Line: BAHRAIN BACKTRACKS ON WORKERS’ RIGHTS REFORM
Bahrain Backtracks on Workers’ Rights Reform
Written by Rachelle Kliger
Published Monday, June 15, 2009
Bahrain has decided not to revoke a system that has been criticized for violating the rights of foreign workers.
The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) said it would not be canceling the sponsorship system, which stipulates that foreign workers in the Gulf country must be sponsored by an employee in order to obtain a work visa and cannot switch jobs freely.
