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Bahrain; failed political experiment, serious HR violations
Lord Avebury, the Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Group
Cordially invites you to a seminar on
Bahrain; failed political experiment, serious HR violations
Speakers and commentators will present their views on the failed political programme, people’s demands and the regime’s inability to address the crisis
11.00 AM, Thursday 21st August 2008
1 Abbey Gardens (Annexe to The House of Lords), London SW1P
For further information please contact: Lord Avebury: 020 7274 4617, Email: ericavebury@gmail.com
BYSHR: Announcing Emergency State in Villages and Cities to suppress demonstrations
Bahrain: Security pursuits in various locations against a demonstration in support of the victims of torture
Announcing Emergency State in Villages and Cities to suppress demonstrations
Manama – 17 December 2007
GDN: Businessmen rap expat residency cap
By SOMAN BABY
Published: 4th October 2007
BAHRAIN'S business community has strongly rejected the proposed six-year residence cap on expatriate workers in the Gulf.
The proposal, backed by Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi, is to be discussed at the 28th GCC summit scheduled to be held in Doha, Qatar, in December.
Under the proposal, expat workers could only be allowed to live in the GCC for a maximum of six years.
Dr Al Alawi said earlier that the cap was necessary to preserve the identity of the Gulf, which he says is being diluted by foreign workers.
But the move would have a negative impact on the Gulf's economy, said Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) chairman Dr Esam Fakhro.
GDN: Pay rise push by teachers
By RASHA AL QAHTANI
THOUSANDS of teachers demonstrated for the second time in front of the Education Ministry, Isa Town, yesterday to demand a 30 per cent pay rise.
It followed an earlier protest in June and organisers said yesterday's show of strength was the result of them receiving no response from officials.
If this latest demonstration fails, organisers warned more extreme measures could be taken - such as hunger strikes and protests outside senior government offices including that of the Prime Minister.
Yesterday's demonstration was spearheaded by the Bahrain Teachers Society (BTS), which approved the move at a meeting last Thursday.
BBC -Unrest in paradise- Bill Law asks if social and religious tensions could destabilise the important island nation of Bahrain
Bill Law asks if social and religious tensions could destabilise the important island nation of Bahrain.
Uk- House of Lords- Bahrain "Bahrain: The continuing political impasse"
Lord Avebury,
the Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Group,
Cordially invites you to a seminar on
"Bahrain: The continuing political impasse"
Speakers include politicians, human rights activists and journalists
11.00 Thursday 23rd August 2007
Committee Room 134, 2 Mill Bank, London SW1P 3LX
(Annexe to the House of Parliament)
For further information please contact:
Lord Avebury at Tel: 020 7274 4617,
Email: ericavebury@gmail.com
Bahrain Tribune: Bahrain: Illegals told to regularise status
24 June 2007
Foreign workers without legitimate papers and those employing them were urged to regularise their status starting August.
Foreigners as well as employers who breached Law No. 19 for 2006 and other related laws were told by the Ministry of LabourMinistry of Labour yesterday to "readjust their conditions". They can contact the General Directorate for Nationality, Passports and Residence.
The Minister of Labour, Dr Majeed bin Mohsen Al Alawi, who is also the Chairman of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority, said the ministry, in coordination with the Ministry of Interior and authorities concerned, will give a grace period for employers and workers who breached rules on work permits, visas and residency.
SPIEGEL ONLINE : Bahrain Experiments with Democracy
SPIEGEL ONLINE - December 4, 2006, 10:01 AM
URL: http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,449914,00.html
MAJOR FORCES ON A MINOR ISLAND
Bahrain Experiments with Democracy
Does Bahrain represent the democratic future of the Middle East? Even before the Iraq war, the Gulf state had experimented with free elections. The Islamist parties - no friends of the island's U.S. naval base - won hands down.
In 1879, the USS Ticonderoga sailed up the Strait of Hormuz. With its 14 cannons, the elegant three-masted warship was the first American vessel to visit the Persian Gulf. Its arrival marked the beginning of a rocky relationship.
Los Angeles Times: Overhead view stirs up Bahrain
Overhead view stirs up Bahrain
Despite a government attempt to block them, Google Earth images of estates belonging to the ruling family become the talk of the island nation.
By William Wallis, Financial Times
December 4, 2006
MANAMA, BAHRAIN — Since Bahrain's government blocked the Google Earth website this year over its intrusion into private homes and royal palaces, Googling their island kingdom has become a pastime for many Bahrainis.
The site allows Internet users to view satellite images of the world in varying degrees of detail. When Google updated its images of Bahrain to higher definition, cyber-activists seized on the view it gave of estates and private islands belonging to the ruling Khalifa family to highlight the inequity of land distribution in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
HAQ:BAHRAIN : Ratifying Ban of Publishing Names or Photosgraphs of Accused
HAQ: Movement of Liberties and Democracy- Bahrain
11 September 2006
Press Release
BAHRAIN : Ratifying Ban of Publishing Names or Photosgraphs of Accused
The head of State has ratified Act no 65 of 2006 which bans publishing names or photos of the accused prior to the court ruling in the case without the permission of the Public Prosecutions (see media declaration below). The same penalty is applicable upon those who cooperate with foreign media by providing names or photographs of those accused. The act is amendment of Article 246 of the Penal Code promulgated by Decree Law No. 15 of 1976, which states, after amendments, that "it is punishable, with imprisonment of not more than a year or fine of not more than BD 100, who publishes, with any means (..), names or photographs of those accused, before the final verdict, and without permission from the Public Prosecution (PR) or the relevant court depending on the circumstances. It is also punishable with the same penalty who cooperated with foreign media by providing names and photographs of the those accused".
