Excessive Force against the Residence of the Bahraini Villages

Shotgun Injuries on the body of Hasan Abdullah Hasan and Sadiq Ali

30 May 2010


The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses it great concern for the continuous escalation pursued by the security authorities in Bahrain represented in the violence and bloodiness of the authorities in confronting the growing public protests that prevail the Bahraini villages and areas opposing the authority's policy.

13 May 2010


In a political sentence issued by the Supreme Appeal Court on 28 March 2010[i][1] to convict 19 defendants of killing a policeman from the Special Forces, the Pakistani Majid Asghar Ali, and imprisoning them all for 3 years, after annulling the acquittal issued in their favour on 13 October 2009.

By NOOR TOORANI , Posted on » Monday, May 24, 2010

AN international rights group has called for an investigation into the alleged shooting of a suspected rioter in Bahrain.

Amnesty International wants Bahraini authorities to conduct an independent inquiry into the alleged shooting of the 20-year-old man with shotgun pellets.

Police believe he was among a group of masked men who ambushed a patrol jeep and hurled Molotov cocktails, setting the car ablaze in Karzakan on Monday night.

They resorted to firing, injuring one of the alleged rioters who was taken to the BDF Hospital.

By MANDEEP SINGH , Posted on » Tuesday, May 25, 2010

A BAHRAINI journalists' leader yesterday called for an agreement to be reached over the issue of Al Jazeera satellite channel's activities in Bahrain.

Bahrain Journalists Association deputy chairman Faisal Abdulla Shaikh said that it was in the best interests of all that the dispute is immediately resolved.

He made the comments as a temporary ban on the channel reporting from Bahrain remained in place for the seventh day yesterday.

The Ministry of Information Bans the Entry of the Belgrave Diary

25 May 2010

The Bahraini authorities, represented in the Ministry of Culture and Information banned the import and sale of the diary of the British adviser of the Government of Bahrain, Charles Belgrave (1926 – 1957), which is considered one of the most significant historical books that document a major stage of the history of Bahrain for the information included in it and which is published for the first time.

The Ministry of Information Freezes the Activity of Al-Jazeera Channel until Further Notice

23 May 2010

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its great concern regarding the extreme deterioration in freedom of opinion and expression, and which was lately represented in the Ministry of Culture and Information suspending the activities of Al-Jazeera Channel in Bahrain.

New York, May 19, 2010—

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the decision by the Bahraini government to indefinitely suspend Al-Jazeera from reporting from the Gulf kingdom

20 May 2010

Amnesty International has urged the Bahraini authorities to conduct an independent investigation into the shooting of an anti-government protester in disputed circumstances on Monday.

20 May 2010

Reporters Without Borders is very concerned to learn that the culture and information ministry announced yesterday that it was suspending the pan-Arab satellite TV station Al Jazeera’s activities in Bahrain until further notice.

Raises Questions and Doubts about the Bahraini Government's Intention towards the Next Elections

12 May 2010

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its great concern regarding the harassment practiced by the Bahraini authorities towards the local and international organizations or civil society institutions through administrative decisions. This harassment was recently represented in preventing the training officer at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) – from entering Bahrain to conduct some workshops and training the political and human rights associations.

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Source ::: Reuters

MANAMA: Bahrain, under pressure to improve its human rights record, is creating a national watchdog, but some activists cast doubt on its independence.

The Gulf Arab island kingdom said last year it would establish the organisation, which would draft a national rights strategy and advise on new laws as well as receive complaints.

Judgment Against Leader of Rights Group Violates Freedom of Association

May 14, 2010

(New York) - Bahrain's criminal court judgment against Mohammad al-Maskati, leader of a human rights group, clearly violates the right to freedom of association and should be revoked immediately, Human Rights Watch said today. Al-Maskati, president of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR), was given a heavy fine for operating an unregistered organization, after the government refused it a license.

PRESS STATEMENT ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE “NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTION” IN BAHRAIN

NGOs consider this a non-independent government-backed organization and will continue demanding the formation of an independent national instition
The choice of members appointed by royal order to the committee of this organization poses serious questions on the credibility and independence of this organization and the NGOs these members are associated with

May 2 2010

Suppressing Liberties with Laws

6 2010

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its deep concern regarding sentencing the human rights defender and president of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights Mr. Mohammed Al-Maskati to fine of B.D. 500 in the case of establishing a society and practicing human rights work without an official license.

19 Convicted in Killing Despite Earlier Acquittal, Lack of Evidence, Coerced Confessions
April 30, 2010
Related Materials: Torture Redux.This appeals court decision flies in the face of Bahrain's claim that it has a policy of zero tolerance of torture during interrogation of criminal suspects. The government hasn't offered a single shred of evidence linking the defendants to the incident other than these thoroughly discredited confessions.