HAQ: Movement of Liberties and Democracy- Bahrain
Human Rights Bureau
www.haaq.org, Email: HAAQ.Bahrain@gmail.com
To evade prosecution of involvement in crimes against humanity:
Concealment and Rotation of Torturers in Security Establishments

28 January 2010

HomeBahrain: Media harassment of human rights defenders Mr Nabeel Rajab, Mr Mohamed Al-Maskati and Mr Abdul Ghani Al-Khanjar
Posted on 2010/02/18

CARAM ASIA & Bahrain Center for Human rights
February- 2010

The shocking cases of suicides committed by migrant workers in Bahrain reported since the beginning of 2010 are the continuation of a trend that should have been addressed years ago. The BCHR and CARAM[1] Asia condemns the failure of authorities and Bahraini civil society to improve the working and living conditions of migrant workers, which in previous cases has been shown to lead to acts of desperation such as suicide.

We’ll go back to the 1990s.
—Ministry of Interior officer to detainee Nadr Ali Ahmad al-Salatne

Human Rights Watch
Bahrain
World Report Chapter: Bahrain

Events of 2009

Alert - Bahrain
20 January 2010
Authorities block human rights page on Twitter website
SOURCE: Bahrain Center for Human Rights

(BCHR/IFEX) - 10 January 2010 - The authorities have blocked a personal webpage operated by a Bahraini resident on the global social website Twitter, justifying the move by claiming that the owner of the webpage is breaking the country's law regulating printing, publishing and the press.

Bahrain’s political rights rating declined from 5 to 6 and its status from Partly Free to Not Free due to arrests of prominent members of the Haq political society, an increase in systematic harassment of opposition political figures, and worsening sectarian discrimination

The One-Eyed War against Corruption in Bahrain:
Chasing minor suspects of corruption while senior officials enjoy impunity

The Elected Members in the Council of Representatives and Municipality have to carry out their Responsibilities and not withhold any Information related to Corruption cases, Otherwise they are Associates in It

The Role of Media and Civil Society Institutions has to be activated to Fight Corruption

10 January 2010

Sectarianism 'threat to Bahrain's stability' says report
Mazen Mahdi, Foreign Correspondent
Last Updated: December 31. 2009 12:24AM UAE / December 30. 2009 8:24PM GMT
Sectarian tension is reflected in the security situation in Bahrain including violence, such as an incident last April in which Shia youth leave burning tyres on the roads of Sehla protesting at the lack of political change in the country. Philip Cheung / The National

On National Day, Bahrain turns into a security quagmire

Authorities prevent an annual demonstration in commemoration of martyrs and torture victims