18th November 2013

BAHRAIN MEDIA ROUNDUP

Bahrain court keeps travel ban on senior opposition figure during trial
A Bahrain court has rejected an appeal to lift a travel ban on a senior opposition gure facing charges of encouraging anti-government violence in the Gulf nation. Lawyers backing Khalil alMarzooq also challenged the anti-terrorism codes under which he is charged, which can strip citizenship in some cases. But the court Monday said the charges stand and set the next hearing for Dec. 12. The case has deepened tensions in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, which has faced near-nonstop unrest and bloodshed since majority Shiites began an Arab Spring-inspired uprising in February 2011 seeking a greater political voice. Read More

Bahrain court conrms travel ban on opposition gure

A Bahraini court on Monday conrmed a travel ban imposed on prominent Shiite opposition gure Khalil Marzooq, on trial for inciting terrorism, a judicial source said. Marzooq's defence team had requested lifting the

travel ban ordered at the rst hearing in the trial of the former lawmaker, who was also in court Monday. The criminal court set the next hearing for December 12. Marzooq was arrested on September 17 after being called in for questioning and later charged by the public prosecutor with "promoting acts that amount to terrorist crimes". Read More human rights violations.!Brian Dooleyof Human Rights First!also said the US administration has been reluctant to use its inuence to push for reform and it has tried hard to keep the Fifth Fleet out of the conversation. He also claimed that Bahrain only maintains false stability continuing the jails are packed with political prisoners and the economy is in a downward spiral. You dont get real stability through repression. Read More

U.S Urged to Implement Plan B on Bahrain

Human Rights First published a report, entitled Plan B for Bahrain, which urges the U.S to use its leverage to push for reform in Bahrain. The organization also called for withholding arms sales and the implementation of the Leahy Law, which allows the U.S to deny assistance and equipment to governments guilty of !