MANAMA, 5 November 2004 — Deputies yesterday vowed to implement gender segregation at the University of Bahrain “in order to protect the new generationâ€? in the face of fierce objection from the students, faculty members and youth societies. A proposal submitted by independent Islamic deputy Jassim Al-Saeedi to separate female and male students at the …

MPs yesterday voted for partial segregation at Bahrain University, despite being warned that it was against individual rights under the Constitution. They agreed to submit to the Cabinet a proposal to segregate male and female students in certain course groups, where numbers allow. Where courses have below 10 groups, making it impractical to run them …

I fear for this little island of ours. What should by all rights be a paradise on earth appears to be heading to be just another scorched township at the edge of civilisation. The government has lost its way: 1. An activist was imprisoned for his public criticism of the prime minister. 2. A human …

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whether Abdulhadi will be invited?