Finally, we have some movement. Of course there is no guarantee that the anticipated movement will be good, as there are no guarantees for it being the opposite, but as the local idiom goes: “الØÂركة بركة” – loosely translated: “in movement there is a blessing” So the king invited the heads of the political societies …
An MP wants to chop the hands off thieves, under proposed tough new changes to Bahrain’s penal code. Shaikh Ali Mattar wants Sharia law applied against people convicted of theft or burglary at private homes or any other premises. This would mean chopping off a hand and also sending the culprit to prison, MPs heard …
We have a new daily newspaper in Bahrain called Al-Watan (The Nation.) It’s first issue was released yesterday, unfortunately I couldn’t get a copy, however although it had good articles, and promises that it will do more investigative journalism and fresh opinion pieces, I am left unimpressed. Maybe because it just “bought” some journalists already …
HELSINKI: Rashid Ramzi of Bahrain won the men’s 1500 metres title here at the world athletics championships last night to give the Gulf State its first world title and first ever medal at such an exalted level.The 25-year-old athlete timed 3minutes 37.88seconds while Adil Kaouch of Morocco took silver (3:38.00) – his season’s best – …
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 …