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

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
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

Bahrain: An Escalation of Arrests and New Claims of Torture with the Approach of the Week of Martyrs and Torture Victims

December 2009

The unspoken rules imposed on journalist and self-censorship

Human Rights for Domestic Workers
Date: 14/12/2009 - 15:59
Women Migrant Workers
CARAM Asia a regional network of 34 NGOs and trade unions across 17 countries in Asia makes the call to governments across the globe to respect the rights and dignity of migrant workers especially domestic workers.

'Truth' commission launched
By REBECCA TORR
AN independent commission that aims to document the accounts of victims of alleged gross human rights violations was launched at National Democratic Action Society (NDAS) last night.

The Truth Commission has been set up by a coalition of political and human rights societies to help bring justice and reconciliation to victims of abuse, particularly former inmates who allegedly suffered while in prison.

Banned in Bahrain from publication in the local newspapers
Women in Bahrain; Victims of Political Agenda and Propaganda
A Screen Report of Some Violations Against Women in Bahrain

Women’s Petition Committee - BAHRAIN
10 December 2009
International Human Rights Day

The Bahraini Authorities stepped up the political propaganda built on the exploitation of women for promotional purposes, without a real evolution of women’s legal, civil, political, economical, social or cultural rights.

Lord Avebury, the Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Group

Cordially invites you to a seminar on

Bahrain: New testimonies of repression and torture

How compatible are human rights violations with democracy? Come and listen to first hand experiences of repression. Show your support to victims in the kingdom of torture

11.00 AM, Wednesday 16th December 2009

Committee Room 4A, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW

Human Rights for Migrant Domestic Workers

Wednesday, 9 December 2009, 8:23 pm | 187 views

CARAM Asia

KUALA LUMPUR, 10 Dec 2009: As the world marks International Human Rights Day today, CARAM Asia launches an online petition campaign seeking crucial support and commitment from every employer of households to grant a weekly paid day off to their migrant domestic worker (MDW). From today onwards, the online campaign will be featured for 30 days on the major media online sites based in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, and the Middle East:

1. http://www.malaysiakini.com/

.Bahrain: King Should Halt Execution
Nation Has Resumed Using Death Penalty After Decades Without It
December 9, 2009
Other Material: Bahrain: Migrant Workers Denied Pay, Right to Travel
Bahrain: Labor Reforms a Major Advance ."In law and practice, a growing majority of countries have rejected capital punishment, even for the most serious offenses...For a long time, Bahrain appeared to be part of this consensus, but this sentence, following the executions in 2006, calls that into question."

In Bahrain, the systematic discrimination against the Shiite majority was accompanied by more repression of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Human rights defenders increasingly became targets for arrest, trial, and smear campaigns. Some human rights defenders were even subjected by government agents to threats and intimidation while in Europe.

2009 Report on Human Rights in the Arab World: Bastion of Impunity, Mirage of Reform | 08/12/2009

"Embrace diversity, end discrimination"

Injuries and Victims among them Children
The Special Forces Excessively Use Live Ammunition to Suppress the Demonstrators

7 December 2009

Bahrain: Bangladeshi man faces rare execution
Posted: 03 December 2009

Amnesty International is appealing to the King of Bahrain to stop the execution of a Bangladeshi man, currently facing what would be a rare execution in the country.

Jassim Abdulmanan, is facing death by firing squad unless the Bahraini king, Shaikh Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa, opts to prevent the killing.

REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS
8. BAHRAIN: SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST FREE EXPRESSION