Indian housemaid in Bahrain was critically injured after she jumped from the third floor of an apartment building, allegedly to escape an abusive employer.
The woman who has...
Bid to free prisoners
By GEOFFREY BEW
Published: 16th May 2007
TWO of the six prisoners who attempted suicide at the Hidd Detention Centre could be sent home within a week...
By SARA SAMI
A WOMAN who claims she was locked up and sexually assaulted for eight months has been arrested after she showed up at a police station.
The 28-year-old Sri...
Rights issues in spotlight
Published: 14th May 2007
HUMAN rights issues in Bahrain and the rest of the Gulf are reportedly being discussed in a series of high-level...
By GEOFFREY BEW
Published: 13th May 2007
TWO prisoners stranded for almost two years in Bahrain's deportation centre slashed their wrists in apparent suicide attempts...
200 Thais fleeing pimps every year
By EUNICE del ROSARIO
Published: 13th May 2007
AN average of over 200 Thai women, forced into prostitution in Bahrain, escape their pimps...
BCHR representatives are currently traveling to Brussels and Amsterdam to build links with institutions and NGOs working in human rights within the EU.
BCHR president Abdulhadi...
Four Thai women forced into prostitution after being tricked by pimps to travel to Bahrain for phantom jobs are on their way home, according to the Gulf Daily News newspaper...
Another worker jumps from flat
By Titus Filio
Contributor
Jumping off flats remain a disturbing phenomenon among distressed workers. At the Salmaniya Medical Centre,...
Cultural clashes common complaints in old neighbourhoods
Bader Al Saeed
Cultural clashes between citizens and expatriate labourers in old neighbourhoods constitute the...