9th September 2012

BAHRAIN MEDIA ROUNDUP

Bahrain police shoot Shiite protester: opposition
Bahraini security forces opened re on protesters in a Shiite village, wounding and later arresting a member of its municipal council, the opposition group Al-Wefaq said. Police red shotguns to disperse a "peaceful demonstration" late on Sunday in the village of Sitra, south of Manama, Al-Wefaq said, adding that Sadiq Rabie, who represents the group in the council, was hit in the back. The opposition group said in a statement that Rabie was led away by police from a private hospital. A picture it provided showed the right arm and shoulder of Rabie covered with bloody marks from shotgun pellets, as well as blood in his ear. Read More Nabeel Rajab is challenging his three-year sentence for allegedly encouraging illegal protests and violence in the strife-wracked Gulf nation. Attorney Mohammed al-Jishi says the court on Monday set Rajab's next hearing for Sept. 27. The decision could touch off protests from Rajab's supporters who have vowed to lead marches into Bahrain's capital Manama. Read More Rajab told the court on Monday that he had been mistreated in prison but said he had not been beaten, a government ofcial told the BBC. Bahrain has come under international pressure to release him. The case was adjourned and another hearing was scheduled for 27 September, reports said. Read More The court refused to release Rajab on bail as requested by his defense team and scheduled the next hearing on

UN rights chief cites problems in Syria, Bahrain

The U.N.'s top rights ofcial laid out the world's most signicant human rights issues Monday, criticizing Syria and Bahrain but also mentioning problems in Western countries such as France and Greece. The assessment by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is important

because it sets the tone for the U.N.'s 47-nation Human Rights Council, whose month-long session opened Monday. The U.N. secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, on a visit to commemorate Switzerland joining the world body a decade ago, challenged the council to focus attention on ve areas, including discrimination, violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and women's rights. Read More They are being forced out of their homes on illegal campsites across France and deported to Romania or Bulgaria. At the opening of the 21st session of the UN's Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Miss Pillay said she was 'concerned about the recent closures of Roma camps in France, which affected hundreds of people, making them more vulnerable'. Read More

Lawyer: Bahrain court extends activist appeal case

A defense lawyer in Bahrain says a court has prolonged the appeal of a jailed human rights activist by ordering another hearing later this month.

Countries with worst human rights record according to UN...Syria, Bahrain and FRANCE
France has come under re from the United Nations' human rights commisssioner over its treatment of Roma gipsies. While criticising countries such as Syria and Bahrain, Navi Pillay also singled out the French for forcibly deporting illegal immigrants from eastern Europe.

Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab appeals against conviction

Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has appeared in court to appeal against a three-year jail sentence for organising illegal protests. Rajab was convicted in August of taking part in "illegal gatherings". He was later cleared of defamation.

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Bahrain court rejects calls to free Shiite activist

A Bahrain appeals court rejected on Monday lawyers' requests to release Shiite activist Nabeel Rajab, who is serving a three-year term for taking part in protests, judicial sources said.

Rajab, who appeared in court for the rst appeal hearing, said he had been held in solitary connement in a cell that had strong smells of fresh paint and rotting dead animals. However, the cell was cleaned after he complained, he told the court. Read More

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Saudi women rally in support of Bahrain revolution leaders

Hundreds of women staged a big rally in Qatif city in the Saudi Eastern province to shout protest against the court rulings issued by AlKhalifa courts for Bahrain's revolution leaders and activists. The Saudi women chanted slogans against the verdicts issued by the al-Khalifa regime's theatrical courts

The protestors carried pictures of Bahraini opposition leaders, including Abdulhadi al-Khawajah and Mohammad Mashima, and chanted slogans against Wahhabi extremists in both Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Anti-government protesters have been holding peaceful demonstrations across Bahrain since mid-February 2011, calling for an end to the Al Khalifa dynasty's over-40year rule. Read More Read More

Bahraini Forces Break Up Opposition Protest

Protests are continuing against the U.S.-backed regime in Bahrain in the face of an ongoing crackdown on government opponents. On Friday, Bahraini forces red tear gas and stun grenades at demonstrators who deed a

ban on unauthorized protests. The rally was held to call for the freedom of scores of Bahraini political prisoners after a military court upheld the convictions of 20 activists last week. The demonstrators managed to join together despite government attempts to block them from meeting up in the capital Manama. Bahrain is a key U.S. government ally, hosting the Navys Fifth Fleet. Read More now told Gamma that its system will need a licence to export to all destinations outside the EU.

UK-made spy software found in Bahrain

MARK COLVIN: The British government has moved to restrict sales by a surveillance software rm called Gamma International, after researchers found that its software was being used against dissidents. Britain has

Bahrain using US tactics of suppression to hide violence

Bahrain's main opposition party has accused the ruling Al Khalifa monarchy of covering up brutality against peaceful protesters. Read More

KSA using Bahrain unrest to cover up own uprising: Analyst

A political analyst says the "eroding" Saudi Arabia regime is using the unrest in Bahrain to cover up its own uprising, Press TV reports. Read More

Last year Egyptian activists found documents about Gamma in the state security HQ in Cairo. The software has now turned up on servers in Bahrain, as Connie Agius reports. Read More

Bahraini regime uses UK-made spy software to crush dissent

A British surveillance software company called Gamma International has supplied the Bahraini regime with spy software that has been used against pro-democracy protesters.

Bahraini opposition activist shot, injured during protest in Sitra

Saudi-backed Bahraini regime forces have shot and injured an opposition activist in the village of Sitra, south of the capital Manama, Press TV reports. Read More