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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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Fast-track treaties that protect women and migrant workers
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

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Local media headlines

Cash boost for military
Probe call after mother is hurt during 'disturbance'
Fast-track treaties that protect women and migrant workers
Families hope for jail access
Prison visitors denied access
Families protest over access to prisoners
Jaw prisoners' strike continues

International media headlines

Bahrain Charges 23 Activists With Terrorism Tied to Anti-Monarchy Group
Peers attack Bahrain over human rights
Bahrain activists fear wider unrest
Bahrain arrests dozens of Shiite Muslims accused of plotting coup d'etat
23 Accused of Coup Plot in Bahrain
Bahrain Reaps The Ills Of Sectarian Gerrymandering
NY Times: Crackdown in Bahrain Hints of End to Reforms

BCHR in the Media

Nabeel Rajab Appointed as the Deputy Secretary-General for the International Federation for Human Rights
Bahrain Center Honors Human Rights Watch
The Special Forces Excessively Use Live Ammunition to Suppress the Demonstrators
CARAM Asia:Newly Elected Chair of CARAM Asia Faces Unfounded Media Accusations
Reuters: Bahraini Shi'ites complain over settling Sunnis
The Media Line: BAHRAIN BACKTRACKS ON WORKERS’ RIGHTS REFORM
The New York Times : Bahrain King Pardons Shiite Political Prisoners

International NGOs releases

Amnesty: Bahrain activists must receive a fair trial
BAHRAIN: IHRC refers treatment of activists to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
Bahrain : In the Waged War against Freedom of Expression : Torture , Blocking And Prohibition of Publication
Bahrain: arrest of human rights defender and leading blogger Ali Abdulemam and ten other human rights defenders
Take action! Appeal for urgent intervention as activists are tortured for speaking out
IHRC: Action Alert: Bahrain –Haq Movement leader alleges torture during incommunicado detention
Invitation to Press Conference on Recent Attacks by the Government of Bahrain on Public Liberties
Amnesty: Bahrain: allegations of torture and ill-treatment must be independently investigated
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders: Urgent Appeal
HRW: Bahrain: Pursue Torture Allegations
CPJ: Bahrain gags press as it cracks down on opposition
Scholars at Risk (SAR) Call for Urgent Action for Detained Mechanical Engineering Professor Abdul Jalil Al-Singace of Bahrain
NEAR: Bahraini Professor and Activist Arrested
IHRC appeals to UN Special Rappateur regarding situation of human rights activist Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace
Reporters Without Borders: Bahrain- Unacceptable arrests of human rights activists
Arab Program for Human Rights Activists: Defense of Human Rights Leads to Detention
26 Organizations: Royal sanction to crackdown on political opposition and human rights defenders in Bahrain
Front Line: Bahrain Update - Human rights defenders in Bahrain denied access to their families and lawyers
Amensty: Bahrain intensifies crackdown on activists and clerics
Bar Human Rights Committee: Protect and ensure the safety of Dr Abdul Jalil al‐Singace

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