14 Nov 2011
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain Mirror observed that the Royal Commission for Inquiry had committed five fatal breaches of the standards of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Bahrain Mirror monitored those violations through the preliminary assessment of the establishment and the works and practices of the Commission. It sought the help of the Human Rights organizations and prominent Human Rights figures. The breaches included the following:

- The Commission was established by an individual will not by the principle of national consultation<

23 Oct 2011
The Criminal High Court of Appeal yesterday, 23rd October 2011,
held its first hearings of the appeals filed by the Medical Staff and also by the Public Prosecution. In a precedent considered the first of its kind in the history of the Courts of Bahrain, the Public Prosecution distributed among the persons attending the Court hearing, just a few minutes before the hearing started, an English statement printed on the Public Prosecution’s letterhead papers, consisting of three pages. The statement was entitled “Fact Sheet for Hearing of 23.10.2011.”

02 October 2010
Manama- Amani Almaskati
AlWasat News

The Head of the European Union office of Front Line, Mr. Vincent Forest, has stressed that there is a gap between the content of the law to protect society from terrorism acts in Bahrain and its application to detainees due to the security issues in Bahrain. Particularly in regards to not allowing them to meet with lawyers as provided for by law and international conventions which were adopted by the Kingdom of Bahrain, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which was issued in Bahrain as law No. (56) for the year 2006.

This was during an interview conducted by the «Alwasat Newspaper» with Forest, who visited Bahrain to meet with Bahraini officials and diplomats in regards to those detained in relations to security issues.

and to be Allowed to Visit the Detainees

Joshua Colangelo

Alwasat Newspaper- Amani Al-Maskati

27 Sep 2010

Mr. Joshua Colangelo Brian, a delegate From «Human Rights Watch» and a senior lawyer in the New York Office of the Dorsey & Whitney Institute, said he hoped to meet with officials from the Public Prosecutors office as well as from the Ministry of Interior in regards to the detainees arrested recently in relations to security issues.

Mr. Colangelo - Brian, who Alwasat had met during his current visit to Bahrain, described what had been said in regards to the expulsion of journalists from the private meeting he had with the family of detainees arrested in relations to the current security issues at Waad as «fabrication».

By SANDEEP SINGH GREWAL , Posted on » Friday, October 08, 2010

FORMER board members of the Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) denied yesterday that they refused to co-operate with the Social Development Ministry. They said that they were surprised to read in newspapers yesterday that the ministry announced it would take them to court.

The ministry issued a statement on Wednesday saying that it had decided to take to court BHRS former board members over financial, administrative and penal violations.

Posted on » Thursday, October 07, 2010

BAHRAIN must grant access to detainees arrested during a crackdown on street violence, says a human rights group.

Public Prosecutors revealed earlier this month that charges had been brought against 23 suspected ringleaders accused of planning and executing a campaign of violence, intimidation and subversion.

They were allegedly part of a five-layer network that covered the supervision and planning of terrorist acts, logistical support and propaganda.

Posted on » Wednesday, September 08, 2010

ON Sunday, the GDN published in good faith a panel of photographs identifying suspects in connection with a terrorism plot aimed at disrupting security in Bahrain.

The photographs and accompanying statement from the Public Prosecution were released through the official Bahrain News Agency (BNA), to coincide with a special television broadcast on Saturday night.

The material included a photograph of Nabeel Rajab, who we have since come to understand has neither been questioned nor charged in relation to any terrorist activity.

By TOM HANRATTY , Posted on » Thursday, August 12, 2010

BAHRAIN's military is in line for a $19.5 million (BD7.4m) cash injection from the US government.

The funding was provisionally assigned by the US Senate Appropriations Committee as part of the Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Programmes Appropriations Bill.

It is part of the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programme, which offers grants to foreign governments to finance the purchase of American-made weapons, services and training.

By NOOR TOORANI , Posted on » Thursday, August 12, 2010

A BAHRAINI mother was yesterday recovering at home after allegedly being injured by a stray "projectile" during a disturbance.

Fadheela Salman, 25, was with her eight-month-old daughter Malak when she was allegedly hit by a "sound bomb" used to disperse protestors, breaking her foot.

Her husband Abbas Ebrahim yesterday demanded a full investigation into the incident, which happened as she walked to a cold store in Sitra, with her sister-in-law and niece, 10, on Monday night.

By NOOR TOORANI , Posted on » Friday, August 06, 2010

RIGHTS activists are calling on the Bahrain government to speed up the implementation of international human right treaties that protect women and migrant workers.

However, a senior government official denied claims that Bahrain was stalling - saying the country was working according to a four-year plan.