30th July 2012

BAHRAIN MEDIA ROUNDUP

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Bahrain protests go on as government announces rights investigation - Photo Blog

Bahrain's Interior Ministry says it is opening investigations into possible rights violations by police during crackdowns on opposition protesters, The Associated Press reported on Sunday. Clashes continued in the restive village of Sitra on Monday, with Agence France Presse reporting thatwounded demonstrators are afraid to go to hospital for treatment because they are

More than 50 people have died in unrest since February 2011 in the strategic kingdom, which is home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.

Bahrain Protests Intensify Amid Allegations of Police Abuses

Protests haveintensied in Bahrain, with demonstrators calling for an end to the reign of the ruling monarchy. Opposition groups claim that at least 25 demonstrations have occurred daily in the kingdom since the holy month of Ramadan began last week. According to the Bahrain Freedom Movement, a

London-based Bahraini opposition group, chants of Down with Hamad, referring to King Hamad al-Khalifa, have become commonplace. Meanwhile, Bahrains largest opposition party, al-Wefaq National Islamic Society,has launched a Gangs of Darkness campaign to draw attention to the nightly raids perpetrated by regime security forces on the Bahraini people. Former MP Khalil Marzooqclaimed that more than 270 houses had been raided by the police during the last two months. Read More fully committed to upholding human rights standards and maintaining transparency in its investigations. The probe into alleged police abuses is in line with recommendations by a report by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI). The report said that 35 people died during the Gulf states unrest, which began in February 2011 after revolts in Egypt and Tunisia. Five died due to torture, it said. Read More previously not protected by law.

Read More In June, the court acquitted nine of the 20 health professionals on trial and sentenced the others to terms between one month and ve years.

Bahrain opens investigation into alleged police abuses

Bahrains Interior Ministry has ordered an investigation into possible rights violations by police during the Gulf states crackdown on antigovernment protestors last year, the countrys state news agency said.

Verdict in medical staffs case on October 1

Bahrains Cassation court on Monday said that it would deliver its verdict in the case of the doctors who have challenged a Court of Appeals ruling on October 1.

The Court of Appeals, reviewing last years rulings that ranged between ve and Lt-General Sheikh Rashid bin 15 years, sentenced Ali Al Ekri Abdullah Al Khalifa, Minister to ve years and Ebrahim Al of Interior, said Bahrain is Demistani to three years. Read More The issue is likely to receive wide attention amid concerns that countries in the Middle East have been badly affected by the seemingly inexorable rise of sectarianism while several analysts have noted it has become the dominant dynamic in the region today. Read More

Sectarian politics to be debated in Manama

The inuence of sectarian politics in regional security will gure high on the agenda of the Manama Dialogue, a major security conference, to be held in Bahrain on December 7-9.

More benefits for workers in new Bahrain law

Bahrain has introduced a new legislation that includes tougher punishments for companies that out health and safety standards, grants private sector workers 30 days of annual leave and increases the length of maternity leave. It also gives extra rights to domestic workers, who were

The new-look Labour Law was ratied by His Majesty King Hamad on Friday and Labour Minister Jameel Humaidan has been given six months to come up with bylaws to execute it. Under the new law, employees sacked unfairly would qualify for an entire year's salary in compensation.. Read More

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Bahrain: Gangs of Darkness campaign to expose house raids

A new campaign, Gangs of Darkness, has been launched in Bahrain to highlight the daily house raids of regime forces against the people of Bahrain. Such attacks take place very late at night or early in the morning and include kidnappings, theft, conscation and vandalism.

Analyst: Bahrainis will continue revolution despite crackdown

Bahrainis will continue their revolution against the repressive regime of Al Khalifa despite the incessant crackdown on peaceful demonstrations. Read More

Bahrainis close to achieving demand for an elected government

Leader of Bahrains main opposition bloc Al-Wefaq has announced that the Persian Gulf nation is close to achieving its demand for an elected government. Sheikh Ali Salman told Bahrainis on Monday that the opposition will not retreat from its demand for a transition to democracy,

including the election of the prime minister by popular vote, and that there is every prospect of an elected government in the near future. He also criticized the Manama regime for arresting opposition members, political activists and clerics for exercizing their rights to freedom of speech and rejected the courts convicting the activists and their rulings as null and void. Read More