A MAN accused of embezzling thousands of dinars was yesterday jailed for seven years. The 47-year-old Sudanese, who was standing trial at the High Criminal Court, was also fined BD100,000. Three other Sudanese men involved in the case were acquitted as judges said they did not have enough evidence to convict them. Police received information [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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). [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
