Wasn’t it only a few years ago that the then Minister of the Interior got, erm, sidegraded because he ordered his troops to “intervene” against a public demonstration attended by high religious figures, in which one of those respected figures got injured and taken to hospital? When the new minister took the reigns and due …
The weather was hot, the temperature was certainly over 40 degrees Celsius and the humidity wasn’t forgiving and neither was the sun, but the intelligentsia or Bahrain gathered yesterday in front of the Parliament building to demonstrate in commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day, in solidarity with Isa Al-Shayji who is demanding that MP …
«الصØÂÙÂيين» تدعو للاعتصام أمــــام «النيــابي» الخميــس المقبــل ناشدت جمعية الصØÂÙÂيينالبØÂرينية جموع الصØÂاÙÂيينوالمثقÙÂينوالÙÂنانينالبØÂرينيين”الاعتصام أمام مجلس النواب الخميس المقبل، اØÂتجاجا على مجمل ما أنتجه المجلس ÙÂيدورته الØÂالية منقرارات ولجانتØÂقيق بØÂÙ‚ الثقاÙÂØ© والإبداع ÙˆØÂرية الكلمة”. ÙˆÙÂيسياق متصل، استغربت الجمعية ÙÂيبيانأصدرته أمس (الأØÂد) رÙÂض لجنة الشؤونالتشريعية بالمجلس …
The permit has apparently been given, probably under the duress of the international press and media presence in Bahrain to cover the elections, and in spite of Ahdeya Ahmed‘s affirmation that we do not have any sectarian problems in Bahrain, a vast swathe of political activists and organisations have called for a demonstration tomorrow afternoon …
Everybody’s hope, the king’s reform program’s success, is hanging in the balance due to various issues shaking Bahrain. What has started in 2001 with king Hamad releasing all prisoners of conscience, and his affirmation that this will never happen again in Bahrain, one which will hold the rule of law and its fair application at …