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Bandargate Scandal:

The Report: What it says
Conspiring Against the Shia
Petition to HM the King
Video: Press Conf at UK House of Lords
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Internet Censorship:

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Demonstration in Manama, Bahrain November 24, 2006

Demonstration in Manama, Bahrain November 24, 2006

Issues

Attacks on activists
Closure of BCHR
Detainees
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Freedom of expression
Guantanamo prisoners
International issues
Migrant workers
Restrictive laws
Torture in Bahrain
Womens rights
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Worth reading

US State Department : Bahrain Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2007
BAHRAIN SUMMARY PREPARED BY THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
BBC: Bahrain Shia call for activists' release
BCHR: Bahraini Authorities Persistent Campaign Defaming Human Rights Defenders: Signals Possible Crackdown
Los Angeles Times: Some members of the ruling family reportedly back hard-line

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Local media headlines

GDN:Lawyers in murder trial quit
Gulf Daily News:Red tape hurdle
Khaleej Times: Bahrain Rights Groups Call to Protect Expat Women Workers
GDN:Red tape hurdle
GDN:Eid rioters appeal against jail terms
GDN:70 jobless teachers protest
BahrainTribune:Call to criminalise all forms of discrimination

International media headlines

JOINT ACTION: Twenty-four IFEX members and partners call for solidarity with human rights defenders at risk
Business Intelligence Middle East: US meetings to discuss religious freedom in Bahrain
US News wire: Congress to Discuss Religious Freedom in Bahrain Wednesday
Khaleej Times:Bahrain Rights Groups Call to Protect Expat Women Workers
MarketWatch:Congress to Discuss Religious Freedom in Bahrain
AP: Bahrain charges US teacher with insulting Prophet
FT:The transparency shortfall

BCHR in the Media

Business Intelligence Middle East: US meetings to discuss religious freedom in Bahrain
Bahrain Tribune: Bahrain: Solving the housing shortage in Kingdom
GDN: Open border for Gaza students
Indian worker commits suicide in Bahrain
AHN: Bahrain Rights Groups Condemn Ban On New Visas For Bangladeshi Workers
GDN:MPs' proposal xenophobic SAY vice-president Nabeel Rajab
AHN:Bahrain Rights Group Urges Lifting Restrictions On Banned NGO

International NGOs releases

IFEX MEMBERS CONDEMN HARASSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
Bahrain - Call to enforce Article 134 of Bahraini Penal Code threatens human rights defenders
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: End Threats to Rights Activists
JOINT ACTION: Twenty-four IFEX members and partners call for solidarity with human rights defenders at risk
Freedom of expression threatened by enforcement of Article 134 of Penal Code, says ARTICLE 19
Human rights defender Al-Maskati facing trial on November 6
Frontline: Bahrian - Ongoing governmental and media harassment against human rights defenders
URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY : Slandering campaign
Nabeel Rajab:Shia only holds 13% of the high official post in the country
Bahrain in the US International Religious Freedom Report 2008
Local NGO's Denounce Policing Measures
FreedomHouse:BAHRAIN 2008
IHRC: Concerns over the 2006 elections and the Citizenship Law
Redress: Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment in Bahrain
SENATE OF THE USA: Expressing support for a constructive dialogue on human rights issues between the United States and Bahrain
Bahrain: Convictions Tainted by Claims of Abuse
FRIDE: Bahrain: Reaching a Threshold
IFEX: GOVERNMENT STOKES SECTARIAN TENSIONS TO JUSTIFY CRACKDOWN ON PRESS
Reporters sans frontières: Press law amendments hailed but journalists still face jail and websites risk closure
HAQ:HAQ concerned about indirect torture- detainees exposed infectious disease inside prison

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