General
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
Sectarianism 'threat to Bahrain's stability' says report
Sectarianism 'threat to Bahrain's stability' says report
Mazen Mahdi, Foreign Correspondent
Last Updated: December 31. 2009 12:24AM UAE / December 30. 2009 8:24PM GMT
Sectarian tension is reflected in the security situation in Bahrain including violence, such as an incident last April in which Shia youth leave burning tyres on the roads of Sehla protesting at the lack of political change in the country. Philip Cheung / The National
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
