The streets surrounding the Justice and Islamic Affairs Ministry, in the Diplomatic Area, were barricaded by riot police yesterday as relatives and supporters of the murder suspects protested for four hours against their detention. Police also blocked the entrance to the courts amid tight security and demanded identification from everyone entering the complex. Relatives, who [...]
Manama, Bahrain (AHN) – Months of sectarian violence in Bahrain came to an end Thursday with top Shia scholars calling on their supporters to maintain peace and refrain from participating in illegal gatherings. The past month has witnessed violent illegal gatherings in several parts of the country regarding sectarianism. But the fuel to the fire [...]
By Bill Law in Manama, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 12:11am BST 22/07/2007 The acrid smell of tear gas hung in the air as a group of young men drifted across a street where piles of garbage and tyres were burning. Not far ahead stood a line of riot police. An officer wearing a balaclava gestured [...]
HUNDREDS of protesters called for authorities to lift a ban against media coverage of the Salah Al Bandar case, at a gathering held at the square near the Ras Al Ruman Grand Mosque yesterday, reports REBECCA TORR. For an hour and a half the group held placards and chanted for authorities to open investigations into [...]
About 300 people demonstrated in this capital city on Friday, demanding that an investigation be launched into allegations of a conspiracy to rig the upcoming parliamentary elections. Deputy Parliament Speaker Abdul Hadi Marhoon said he participated in the peaceful rally that lasted about an hour “in defense of rights enshrined by the Bahraini constitution.” He [...]
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 [...]
King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa ratified a controversial law on public assembly that restricts the right to meet and lays down prison terms for unauthorised protests, the official news agency BNA said. The new law was adopted on July 11 by parliament and confirmed by the government before going to the king for ratification. It [...]
His Majesty King Hamad yesterday ratified a law relating to public meetings, rallies and gatherings. It stipulates that anyone planning such activities must inform the head of public security three days in advance. The new law was adopted on July 11 by parliament and confirmed by the Cabinet before going to the King for ratification. [...]
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 [...]
