A Chamber of Deputies session was adjourned for one hour following a heated argument over the issue of citizens who were tortured under the Security Law during the 1990s, with two deputies accusing the Speaker of infringing on their right to express their opinion. The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Khalifa Al Dhahrani, adjourned …
كنت أشكو لأØÂد الزوار منمشكلاتنا مع الÙÂساد والمÙÂسدين، مشيرا إلى ØÂديث جلالة الملك – ØÂÙÂظه الله – بشأنذلك الأمر ÙÂيخطابه عند اÙÂتتاØÂÙ‡ دور الانعقاد السابق، ÙÂقال ليالزائر: “بوس إيدك مقلوبة”! ÙÂقلت له: لماذا؟ ÙÂقال: سأرويلك قليلا عما يجريÙÂيبلادي. ورØÂبت بذلك، وسأنقل لكم جانبا مما قاله الزائر عنبلاده …
Member of Parliament, the right honourable Shaikh Jassim Al-Saidi, an upstanding citizen, and erstwhile Imam of a mosque in Riffa, and brought to parliament rightly by gathering 1673 votes in a hard-fought and contested election in his Southern Governate out of 4,413 (as opposed to any candidate in the Northern Governate who would have had …
From this morning’s GDN Webmasters are free to register WEBMASTERS will not be hounded into registering their sites with the Information Ministry, authorities said yesterday. Information Under-Secretary Mahmood Al Mahmood said although the rules state that Bahrain websites must be registered with the ministry, it will not be actively pursuing them. “Our goal is to …
New rules asking webmasters to register their sites with the Information Ministry should not be used to stifle freedom of expression, political activists said yesterday. Some were totally opposed to any registration, saying it could be the beginning of a slippery slope which could lead to further restrictions and unfair legal action to be taken …