THE Bahrain Journalists Association (BJA) last night voiced concern over a decision by the High Criminal Court to press charges against Akhbar Al Khaleej Editor-in-Chief Anwar Abdulrahman as an individual and not as the Editor-in-Chief of a newspaper. Mr Abdulrahman is accused of insulting human rights activists Nabeel Rajab. The BJA said it considered the [...]
A top government official and a leading opposition member have criticised as unfair and unrealistic an annual global report which ranks the country alongside Afghanistan, China and North Korea in terms of political freedom and civil liberties. Bahrain is one of five countries downgraded into the “not free” category of Freedom House’s Freedom In The [...]
With a mob of angry extremists outside the movie theatre calling for ‘divine punishment’, an all-male audience watches ‘Menahi’, a movie produced by a nephew of King Abdullah. For the Saudis it is the first step in a peaceful revolution. For the first time in 30 years last Saturday was movie night in Riyadh. With [...]
Draft law scraps jail terms for journalists In a major move to give a further boost to the Fourth Estate in the Kingdom, the Cabinet yesterday endorsed a draft law to amend the 2002 Press legislation and scrap jail terms for journalists. The weekly Cabinet meeting, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman [...]
Freedom of expression in Bahrain yesterday received a major boost as the amended law on Press and publications was approved.Chaired by Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Cabinet gave the green light to this important step as Bahrain joined hands with the international community to celebrate World Press Freedom Day. Under new [...]
Bahrain’s media is a cornerstone of the nation’s reforms process, His Majesty King Hamad said last night.
Riot police will be forced to use more potentially lethal methods to disperse rioters if MPs ban them from using chemicals, the Interior Ministry warned yesterday. All substances currently being used in Bahrain to disperse rioters are internationally approved, military courts director Major Humood Saad told parliament at its weekly session. He said that they [...]
Tough restrictions are being imposed on all Bahrain’s hotels during Ramadan, sources revealed yesterday. A total ban on alcohol sales is being imposed in all the country’s hotels throughout the Holy Month, for the third year running, they said. Hoteliers reported receiving a Tourism Affairs circular ordering them to halt all alcohol sales throughout Ramadan. [...]
Journalists, bloggers, writers and intellectuals are being urged to show up in support of Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif, as a libel case brought against him by Municipalities and Agriculture Minister Mansoor Bin Rajab gets underway today. The Bahraini Journalists Association (BJA) says it is important for journalists to be present, to show solidarity with [...]
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