News reports out today suggest that the king has given his blessing to convening a Truth and Reconciliation Workshop by human rights societies in Bahrain which was previously blocked by authorities, with several provisos; Don’t involve foreigners The reconciliation is deemed to have already taken place by the inculcation of laws 10 of 2001 and …
This fight took a lot longer in coming than I expected, add to that the fact that its catalyst came from an completely unexpected loyalist quarter and those whom we thought would be tenacious in presenting and championing these causes were once again reactionary in their approach. No matter. The important thing is that the …
I was watching a program on Bishop Desmond Tutu last night on BBC World, and couldn’t help thinking once again that we are in desperate need of a person of his commitment and stature to lead us out of this dark and tiresome tunnel of sectarianism and past injustices in order to welcome the future …
Bankruptcy comes in difference guises, the most dangerous of which of course is that which is associated with the intellect; because if one is intellectually bankrupt then everything is acceptable, even if the solution is at the cost of morals and societal norms. What then can we expect from a whole intellectually bankrupt parliament whose …
The best news to come out of Bahrain for a very very long time… this could be the very thing we need to turn a new page for the whole community, after 30 very dark years: Justice and reconciliation in the Bahrain reform process will come under the spotlight at a five-day conference organised by …