Courts will no longer be able to seize cash or property from the families of criminals convicted of financing terror or laundering money. Bahrain’s law previously allowed them to do so, but it was ruled as unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court yesterday. This also means authorities cannot freeze assets of the families of suspects facing [...]
Shiites in Bahrain demonstrated Friday against what they said was a government effort to grant citizenship to Sunnis from other Arab countries. Just months before Bahrain is to hold parliamentary and municipal elections, a former government adviser has set off a political firestorm with a report describing what he says is a vast conspiracy to [...]
A prominent member of the political opposition has challenged a human rights activist to a public debate after the latter accused him of providing false information to the United Nations. Representatives of The Haq Movement of Liberties and Democracy visited UN Secretary General Kofi Annan’s office on August 14 to submit a petition asking the [...]
Information Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar last night ruled out granting any new licences to private radio and television channels. “There is no law regulating such activitiesâ€, he added. GDN :: 24 June ’06 (pdf)
June 8, 2006 His Majesty Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Office of His Majesty the King Rifa’a Palace Kingdom of Bahrain Your Highness: We are writing to express concern regarding the draft law governing public meetings and demonstrations, known as Amendments to Law 18/1973. It is our understanding that the Majlis al-Nawwab and the [...]
The Bahraini government’s draft legislation on public meetings and demonstrations undermines the right of peaceful assembly, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter urging Bahrain’s king not sign the bill into law. The draft law will be the first significant human rights-related legislation to come before Bahrain’s king, Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa [...]
MPs are demanding a breakdown of Royal Court spending and are asking for it to be included in the government’s closing budget statement for last year. Parliament’s financial and economic committee says it has received an unofficial figure, but does not know whether or not it went over budget. “We still haven’t got anything in [...]
A decision by parliament to only question government ministers on irregularities behind closed doors could be overturned. Ten MPs have signed an urgent request to scrap last week’s controversial vote and have a fresh one. Ministers could previously be summoned before a full session of parliament and be grilled on the open floor, but only [...]
«Øــق» ليســت متشــددة قلالي – Ùهيم عبدالله يمثل وضعا غريبا بالنسبة إليه كرجل دين سني، إذ كان على رأس مجموعة معارضة جريئة إبان أيام أمن الدولة. .. وكان ضمن مجموعة مهندسي العرائض التاريخية بدءاً من العريضة النخبوية ÙÙŠ مطلع التسعينات والعريضة الشعبية بعدها بسنين، ومن ثم العريضة الأممية التي تجمع توقيعاتها Øركة «Øق» ÙÙŠ هذه [...]
Bahrain’s lower house has approved a new law that bans rallies near airports, hospitals and shopping malls, but allows them on the main avenues and near diplomatic missions. Rallies are also banned in locations deemed security-sensitive by the Interior Minister, the Council of Representatives agreed on Tuesday afternoon following a heated debate over the merits [...]
