11th September 2012

BAHRAIN MEDIA ROUNDUP

reform" leading to democratic elections. had fought against more than 200 years ago.

EXCLUSIVE: Bahrain Elections 'Only Possible Way to Stop Human Rights Abuse'
Bahraini opposition leader and resigned MP Ali Alaswad has told IB Times UK that only political reforms and an elected and accountable government can force the country's regime to respect basic human rights principles such as the right to protest peacefully. In an exclusive interview, the al-Wefaq party leader, who ed his country after his home was targeted by security forces, said that "rst, there should be political

He added: "If there's an elected and accountable government, the Prime Minister, for instance, can be questioned in the parliament. This is not possible now."

Bahrain? Never Heard of It

News that a civilian appeals court in Bahrain upheld the harsh prison terms including Alaswad, who was elected to several life sentences of 13 Arab Spring activists last Bahrain's parliament in week, drew rapid re from the October 2010 but resigned four months later in response human rights community. Their crimes organizing largely to the government's crackdown on pro-democracy peaceful protests to demand social and economic reforms protests, said that dialogue from the ruling monarchy in with the current Prime Minister Khalifah ibn Sulman 2011 had branded them Al Khalifah is not possible as convicted traitors and terrorists, the kind of appalling his government has "lost legitimacy with the people in injustice that American patriots Bahrain." Read More Al Khalifa family are behind bars, violent clashes between police and demonstrators continue. Maryam Al Khawaja is a prominent human rights campaigner, whose father was sentenced to life in prison for plotting to overthrow the government. Watch here (UK only)

Todays court decision is yet another blow to justice and shows once more that the Bahraini authorities are not on the path of reform but seem rather driven by vindictiveness, said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, deputy director of Amnesty Internationals Middle East and North Africa Program. Bahrains Shia population took to the streets in February 2011 amid the wave of social and political uprisings across the Arab World. Read More escalation and denied accusations that the opposition is disrupting people's work, breaking the law and causing losses to the economy. They placed the blame on the security forces, which forbid them from holding the march. Abdul Jalil Khalil, head of the resigned parliamentary bloc of the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, said that the route of the demonstration called for by the opposition was clear and did not exceed one kilometer. Read More said in an e-mailed statement today.

Bahraini Opposition Criticizes Government as It Girds for Protest

Bahraini opposition forces denounced the controversy stirred up by the government over the demonstration scheduled for Friday (Sept. 14) in the capital Manama. The opposition spoke out in a press conference yesterday (Sept. 10). The opposition forces spoke out against thegovernments

Maryam Al Khawaja Bahraini Human Rights Activist

The future of the Gulf state of Bahrain remains uncertain after 18 months of street protests inspired by the Arab Spring. Some of the most outspoken Bahraini critics of the ruling

Listen here (international) near the entrance of Al-Dair village, in Muharraq, northeast of Manama, the statement said. A group of local "terrorists used Molotov cocktails and iron rods to attack a police Jeep that had been deployed to provide security in the area," it said, adding the policeman was rushed to hospital where he remains in "critical condition." Read More

Petrol bomb attack wounds Bahrain policeman

A Bahrain policeman was in critical condition Tuesday after being hit in a petrolbomb attack by unknown assailants in a Shiite village, a police statement said. The policeman sustained injuries when his patrol came under attack late Monday

Bahrain Says One Policeman Injured in Attack in Shiite Village

One policeman was injured after a group of people attacked his car with Molotov bombs and Iron rods in al-Dair village yesterday, the countrys Information Affairs Authority

The policeman is in hospital in a critical condition and the police are searching for the attackers, the statement said. Al-Dair is about 15 kilometers north of the capital Manama. Read More

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UK forces oversee Bahrain repression

British and American military and security advisors are overseeing training to Bahraini forces involved in the crackdown on revolutionaries, a leader of Bahrains Amal Movement says.

Bahraini court refuses to release rights activist Rajab

A Bahraini appeals court has refused to release human rights activist Nabeel Rajab on bail, as requested by his lawyers, judicial sources say. Read More

US, British Advisors Supervising Suppression of People in Bahrain

A prominent Bahraini opposition gure unveiled the US and Britain's active role in assisting Manama regime with its suppression of protesters in the Persian Gulf island. Read More

UN Condemns alKhalifa Regime for Harsh Sentences against Human Rights Activists
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed grave concern about the suppression of the Bahraini protestors in the tiny Persian Gulf island, and condemned the al-Khalifa regime for handing harsh sentences to human rights activists. Read More

Protests Continue in Bahrain Cities, Court Refuses to Release Rajab

A number of citizens suffocated due to the toxic gases red by the Bahraini regime forces while breaking into Dar Kleib town. In Barbar town people rallied under the slogan "the imprisoned innocence", and called for releasing the arrested students.

In Daraz village, people took part in a march under the slogan "our revolution is knowledge, and our students' Jihad is behind prison bars", in which they stressed that the Bahraini ofcials must be punished, and on the top is King Hamad. In Satra and other regions, protestors under the slogan "the innocence of childhood" demanded the "Saudi occupation" to leave the country. Read More