The continued detention of eight Bahrainis in Saudi Arabia without charges
Fear to be victims of political conflicts and sectarian tension
Bahrain government is urged to do more to guarantee the rights and safety of its citizens

Bahrain Centre for Human Rights - May 26, 2008
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights is highly concerned about eight Bahraini teachers who are still in detention for more than two months in solitary confinement in (Hayr Prison - Riyadh) which seems ad hoc to security issues, without any charges or the possibility to provide legal advice.

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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review
First session
Geneva, 7-18 April 2008
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25 February 2008
COMPILATION PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 15(B) OF
RESOLUTION 5/1 OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Bahrain

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General Assembly Distr.
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A/HRC/WG.6/1/BHR/3
[DATE]
Original: ENGLISH
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review
First session
Geneva, 7-18 April 2008
ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION
25 February 2008
SUMMARY PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 15 (C) OF
RESOLUTION 5/1 OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Bahrain
This report is a summary of 12 stakeholders’ submissions1 to the universal periodic review. It follows

Titus Filio
Contributor

Mandatory health checks must adhere to the standards of international human rights to stamp out discrimination and malpractice which include the outright deportation of foreigners who fail the health tests, cited a report on the state of health tests for foreign workers in Bahrain.
The report on Mandatory Testing in Bahrain-State of Health of Migrants 2007 was done as a collaboration between the now defunct Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Coordination of Action Reearch on AIDS and Mobility (CARAM).

State of health of Migrant 2007
Mandatory testing in Bahrain

Mandatory testing Research is made by CARAM network and its member organization The Bahrain Center for Human rights BSHR. It is a part of comprehensive regional report that covers countries of origins and destinations . It is an annual report that included Bahrain for the first time.

1- Migrant-Friendly Testing

A- Informed consent
B- Pre-test and post-test counselling
C- Confirmatory tests
D- Confidentiality of test results

ALERT - BAHRAIN

19 October 2007

Film banned

SOURCE: Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Manama

(BCHR/IFEX) - The Hollywood film "The Kingdom", which explores the "war on
terror" through a fictional story happening in Saudi Arabia, has been
banned in Bahrain. This act was confirmed by the Publication and Press
Directorate of the Ministry on Information without indicating the reasons
behind the censorship order.

The film depicts an FBI investigation of two terrorist bombing attacks that

ALERT - BAHRAIN

19 October 2007

Film banned

SOURCE: Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Manama

(BCHR/IFEX) - The Hollywood film "The Kingdom", which explores the "war on
terror" through a fictional story happening in Saudi Arabia, has been
banned in Bahrain. This act was confirmed by the Publication and Press
Directorate of the Ministry on Information without indicating the reasons
behind the censorship order.

The film depicts an FBI investigation of two terrorist bombing attacks that
took place in Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh in May 2003 and in Al-Khobar in June

Picking up the pieces

Sandeep Singh Grewal

Bahrain Tribune

Every time I opened my eyes, I used to curse myself that I was still alive. Every suicide attempt was a disaster and my only desire was to die… Even when freedom was in the air, I chose death. Yet, as fate would have it, I survived again…

Life as much as it is beautiful can be very ugly too. It is a cruel world out there on the dark side of life.

Six years in Guantanamo Bay can turn life upside down leaving a deep scar at the root of one’s life and beliefs. The past is a blur and the present a painful reminder of the past.

13 September 2007 – The General Assembly today adopted a landmark declaration outlining the rights of the world's estimated 370 million indigenous people and outlawing discrimination against them – a move that followed more than two decades of debate.

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples has been approved after 143 Member States voted in favour, 11 abstained and four – Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States – voted against the text.

A non-binding text, the Declaration sets out the individual and collective rights of indigenous peoples, as well as their rights to culture, identity, language, employment, health, education and other issues.

spotlight Fri Sep 21, 2:52 PM ET

Bahrain, Ecuador and Tunisia will be the first UN members to have their human rights records reviewed next year under a crucial new process implemented by the world's body's rights council on Friday.

The three countries are the first among 16 who will be scrutinised at a session of the UN Human Rights Council scheduled for February 2008, according to a list released by the United Nations.

The selection for the "Universal Periodic Review" was made by a random draw on Friday. It lays out a timetable for the systematic review of all 192 UN member states by the end of 2011.