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Bandargate Scandal:

The Report: What it says
Conspiring Against the Shia
Petition to HM the King
Video: Press Conf at UK House of Lords
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Internet Censorship:

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Violence used By Bahraini Riot police against BCHR Vice-President Mr. Rajab

Violence used By Bahraini Riot police against BCHR Vice-President Mr. Rajab

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Worth reading

US State Department : Bahrain Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007
BAHRAIN SUMMARY PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
BBC: Bahrain Shia call for activists' release
BCHR: Bahraini Authorities Persistent Campaign Defaming Human Rights Defenders: Signals Possible Crackdown
Los Angeles Times: Some members of the ruling family reportedly back hard-line

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Poverty in Bahrain: CNN Report

CNN's Hala Gorani looks at the poor 'hidden' population of Bahrain.
Inside the Middle East, June 2007.

Includes interview with BCHR vice-president, Nabeel Rajab.

Local media headlines

Khaleej Times: Expatriate workers can join Bahrain trade union
GDN:150 workers homeless after Bahrain blaze
GDN: Dialogue 'is the best way forward'
GND:UK denies 'political campaign' claim
GDN:Rein UK based propagandists
GDN:No amnesty for five activists
GDN:Amnesty is hailed

International media headlines

Los Angeles Times : BAHRAIN: Where bloggers are potent troublemakers
NEWS TRACK India : Indians forced unwaged demand action from embassy in Bahrain
Indian worker commits suicide in Bahrain
AHN:Britain's Asylum, Foreign Policy Criticized By Bahraini Lawmaker
Liberal Democrat U.K:King of Bahrain must stand up for Human Rights - Avebury
Bahrain: Convictions Tainted by Claims of Abuse
Reporters sans frontières: Press law amendments hailed but journalists still face jail and websites risk closure

BCHR in the Media

GDN: Open border for Gaza students
Indian worker commits suicide in Bahrain
AHN: Bahrain Rights Groups Condemn Ban On New Visas For Bangladeshi Workers
GDN:MPs' proposal xenophobic SAY vice-president Nabeel Rajab
AHN:Bahrain Rights Group Urges Lifting Restrictions On Banned NGO
Gulf News: Bahrain grapples with sectarian divide
Bahrain Center for Human Rights : Court - Appointed Medical Examiners Confirm Torture

International NGOs releases

SENATE OF THE USA: Expressing support for a constructive dialogue on human rights issues between the United States and Bahrain
Bahrain: Convictions Tainted by Claims of Abuse
FRIDE: Bahrain: Reaching a Threshold
IFEX: GOVERNMENT STOKES SECTARIAN TENSIONS TO JUSTIFY CRACKDOWN ON PRESS
Reporters sans frontières: Press law amendments hailed but journalists still face jail and websites risk closure
HAQ:HAQ concerned about indirect torture- detainees exposed infectious disease inside prison
HAQ:Bahrain: In the first case hearing, State-militia car detainees spell out suffering of torture
UN:Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review
BYSHR: Human Rights defender under Threat of Prosecution Once Again
NGO Submission by NCMVT Related to Bahrain for the Session scheduled April 2008 - 20 November 2007
Amnesty International Report 2008:Attacked on Human rights defenders and Activitis
Bahrain: Detention and torture of seven human rights defenders
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bahrain: “Not Qualified” for UN Rights Council Election
84 Asian organizations succeed to convince the UN General Assembly members to reject Sri Lanka’s Human
HAAQ:Bahrain: Resurrection of State Security Courts .. Prosecutions without Lawyers
Pakistan and Bahrain must now live up to the standards set for Human Rights Council membership,” said Juliette de Rivero
Statement by National and Int. NGO’s On the Candidacy of Bahrain to Human Rights Council
Statement by National and Int. NGO’sOn the Candidacy of Bahrain to Human Rights Council
THE OBSERVATORY: Hearing in the trial of seven human rights defenders
HAQ: Medical Report Asserts Torture of December detainees

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