The dictators lunching with the Queen
Bahrain’s King Hamad and Swaziland’s King Mswati III among those having a Jubilee lunch with the Queen… In act that’s likely to be seen as an affront to those fighting for democracy in countries around the world, the Queen will today sit down with bloody dictators to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee at a [...]
Protest leaders’ only ‘criminal’ acts were to exercise basic human rights; appeals now moved to civilian court as families say government simply stalling… Bahraini authorities should free Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and 13 other jailed leaders of last year’s anti-government protests immediately, Human Rights Watch said today. More than a year after they were arrested, [...]
Continue reading …Following comments from John Yates -overseeing police reform in Bahrain- that if protesters were being abused then it would be on YouTube…the opposition al-Wefaq has posted video of what it says is recent footage of people being brutally tortured by police in the country.
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Decision to go ahead with race plays into regime’s hands says rights group… The decision to go ahead with the Grand Prix on April 22, 2012, gives Bahrain’s rulers the opportunity they are seeking to obscure the seriousness of the country’s human rights situation, Human Rights Watch said today. The decision was announced [...]
Continue reading …A new video has emerged from Bahrain that appears to show police assisting looters, who are targeting a supermarket that allegedly helped anti-regime protesters. According to Al Jazeera: The market in the video is owned by Jawad, one of Bahrain’s largest retailers. The company has earned the ire of pro-government Bahrainis because it supposedly served food [...]
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The intriguing tale of the US Congressman, the lobbying firm and the Bahrain uprising… Last year, as the government of Bahrain violently suppressed an Arab Spring protest movement, an unlikely champion of the small Gulf nation emerged on Capitol Hill in Washington: Democratic Rep. Eni Faleomavaega, the delegate from American Samoa. Faleomavaega, who has been [...]
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Hundreds still in prison for speaking out; senior officers unpunished… Bahrain’s government has not carried out critical recommendations by the independent commission that looked into extensive human rights violations during the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), established by King Hamad [...]
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Huge demonstration hits Bahrain as protests continue against regime… “Down down with Hamad” chanted tens of thousands of people against Bahrain’s King Hamad, as they occupied one of the main highways in Bahrain, nearby the Pearl Roundabout, the symbol of Bahrain’s revolution. This massive march on the Budaiya Highway on Friday 9 March, 2012, [...]
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