A leading human rights organisation is urging the Bahraini government to drop the charges against a woman’s rights activist set to be tried on Saturday for criticisng family court judges. Ghada Jamsheer faces up to 15 years in prison for three incidents of alleged “slander” over her criticism of how women are treated by the …
The Forums are off for the time being, possibly for ever. They have been abused by various people and have become a slugging and mud-slinging venue rather than a place for good discussion that would bring minds together. May I respectfully suggest that if anyone wants to start a topic on any subject that takes …
What’s the future like for our children in Bahrain when 95% of the land are in private hands. How did a country as tiny as Bahrain end up in a situation where a few individuals own the vast majority of the land mass? How did that happen? How it happened is quite well known to …
Mahmood Al-Yousif in Parliament – Bahrain, originally uploaded by malyousif. No I won’t be running for parliament before you ask! (not yet anyway) But I visited the Parliament this morning on business. So naturally I took the opportunity to take a couple of pictures there. Unfortunately it was through my cameraphone, but it’ll do for …
Gulf to issue rights reports COUNTRIES in the GCC may start to issue their own annual reports on terrorism, human rights and human resources to offset those compiled by international organisations. GCC Secretary General Abdulrahman Al Attiyah proposed the move at the seventh GCC consultative meeting on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He claimed there …