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30,000 to protest fuel price rise
More than 30,000 people are expected to demonstrate on the streets of Manama tomorrow amid fears of a potential increase in petrol prices.
Twelve political societies, under the chairmanship of Al Wefaq block MP Jawad Fairooz, have joined forces with trade unions to organise the protest.
MPs were outraged last month when ministers confirmed that the existing [...]
Solving The Housing Shortage
Bahrain is working to provide housing for its citizens, and is looking at a number of proposals to shorten the long waiting lists for those seeking state assistance in obtaining a home.
In its submission to the United Nation’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in April this year, the Bahrain Centre for [...]
Appeal to drop activist’s case
An international organisation has backed calls for legal proceedings against a Bahrain human rights activist to be dropped. Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights president Mohammed Al Maskati was summoned to the Lower Criminal Court earlier this month to answer charges of “activating an unregistered association before issuing the declaration of registration”.
The 1987 Law of [...]
Enterprising Women
Hailed as a regional leader in promoting greater involvement of women in business, Bahrain’s efforts to assist start-up enterprises and the liberalising of its economy have been touted as major factors in this success.
Bahrain’s model for assisting business start ups, with support services providing training, financing and marketing, has been a catalyst for creating a [...]
Report Cites Bid by Sunnis in Bahrain to Rig Elections
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 rig [...]
Study highlights needs of Bahrain’s female convicts
The living conditions of female prisoners are the focus of a study by the Supreme Council for Women (SCW).
SCW General Secretary Lulwa Al Awadi said in a press note that the study’s results would be included in the Kingdom’s report for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
“The study [...]
Islands are homes of happy people
Seychellois and other island nations have earned very good points on a Happy Planet Index (HPI) of human well-being and environmental impact.
The Seychellois are the second happiest people in Africa after Sao Tome and Principe, another island nation, according to the HPI designed by the British think-tank New Economics Foundation (NEF).
People in Seychelles are [...]
Apartment car parks are a must, say MPs
Landlords are obliged to ensure that each apartment in residential buildings has at least one parking space, MPs heard yesterday.
They had demanded the measure and called on the government to deny granting building permits to those that do not.
It follows complaints that people living in residential areas were facing parking problems because of apartment tenants [...]
Suffering ‘caught on film’
An animal rights group claims it has photographic evidence of animal suffering taken at Bahrain’s only licensed salughterhouse, during an investigation conducted last December.
People for the Ethnic Treatment of Animals (PETA), who funded the study, told the GDN yesterday that investigators were refused permission to film inside the slaughterhouse in Sitra, but witnessed cruelty outside [...]
Rights demands ‘are misleading’
Human rights campaigners demanding compensation for alleged abuses are misleading international watchdogs, says a leading Bahraini figure.
The violent protests of the 1990s were criminal and any compensation should go to innocent people who were hurt, says MP Jassim Al Saeedi.
He met with visiting international human rights activists, visiting Bahrain for a conference on reconciliation and [...]
Plea to visit demo eight in prison
A human rights organisation is seeking permission to visit eight Bahrainis charged with unlicensed gathering and damaging public property, in connection with alleged acts of arson and sabotage in the Al Daih and Bani Jamra areas.
The Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) wants to talk to the eight men and inspect the conditions they are being [...]
Helpline talk show to focus on sex education
Sex education will be the latest taboo topic to be discussed by Helpline in an upcoming talk show.
Organisers are planning to hold the discussion on May 8 from 8pm at the Bahrain Carlton Hotel, in Adliya.
“This is a much-hushed up topic in schools,” said Helpline founding member Vani Krishnan.
“Often the sex education topic is swept [...]
Credit cards in demand
Credit card use grew by 17.6 per cent last year compared to the previous year, according to a survey conducted by the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA).Total outstanding debt also rose by 15.9pc to BD77.9 million last year, from BD67.2m in 2004.
The survey, conducted by BMA’s Financial Stability Directorate, shows that the number of people owning [...]
Custody case put off again
A custody battle over a Bahraini toddler was once again adjourned at the Sharia Court yesterday, two years after the first case was filed in Kuwait.
The absence of the Sharia Court judge, who has been presiding over the case in Bahrain, yesterday led to another judge adjourning the hearing to May 13.
Filipina Lecita Flores and [...]
Vigil for cruise boat tragedy victims sparks controversy
A candlelit vigil, held to pay tribute to the victims of the Al Dana boat tragedy, has sparked a controversy in Bahrain after Salafist MP Shaikh Adel Al Mouawda condemned it as a peculiar activity that is not condoned by Islam.
“The practice of holding a candlelit vigil is totally inappropriate and must be boycotted by [...]
