Bahraini People Appeals to World Leaders to Intervene to Stop Blood Bath...
The two days of reckoning in Bahrain are fast approaching as the Al Khalifa junta threatened a blood bath. On 23rd and 24th September the people of Bahrain will attempt to re-conquer the Pearl Roundabout in order to mourn those who were murdered by the Saudi and Al Khalifa forces in mid March.
Human Rights and the Will to be free
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In solidarity with the great jurist Abdul Hadi al-Khawaja, I left a rally in the island of rocker jacket today, Wednesday, the date of 22/2/2012. and radicle mentioning that Khawaja on hunger strike for nearly two weeks
Hamad's bloody celebration: Say 'NO' To The Bahrain F1 !
All those who value F1 racing will not encourage this race being held! All those who value the well being of the drivers will council for its suspension! All those who value the health of the live spectators will not attend! All those who value Human Rights will boycott this race in perpetuity!
Leave Hamy and Bernie alone at their little party...............
Poetry of: Samih Al Qassim
The day I’m killed, Dear killer of mine, I beg you: .... Matar was found innocent today by the criminal court. After spending around 100 days in jail, 45 days in solitary confinement and facing various types of ill-treatment in custody, Matar was finally found innocent. .... 
Bangladeshi expatriates in Bahrain say they have been forced to take part in pro-government rallies.
[Gentlemen, This hurts the cause! This is Chess, attack the King, not the pawn.....] 
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The Bahrain 'police' play with their latest toys on 14th February 2012:
'However, it’s lack of turning circle and vulnerability to attack from overhead make it unsuitable for use in urban combat situations, especially in narrow “zanqahs”, where it could prove to be a liability to both to the safety of innocent bystanders and its crews.'
Contact at: http://www.otokar.com/en/contact/ [Molotovs from building tops would go into these open top hatches! ......I mean, hypothetically, of course] 
When I graduated from law school, I never imagined that a few years later I would be defending myself in the small Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain – known for its repressive security apparatus and the torture of political prisoners – after being teargassed, arrested, jailed, hit on the head, handcuffed, forced into a stress position and deported.
And I consider myself lucky. مترجم بالعربي: تقرير الجزيرة الانجليزية حول واقع الإعلام في البحرين وتضيقه على وسائل الإعلام الأخرى بعنوان "الإعلام الرسمي في البحرين: اعلام العائلة والصوت ا... 
Khader Adnan, a Palestinian locked behind bars by Israel and awaiting a hearing has been on a hunger strike for past 65 days. 
@BahrainMirror (exclusive): excellence in scientific specialization and average (98%) Acquired early sense of responsibility, on the evening of the twelfth of February 2012, s.sadeq packs his small white bag, carried the most basic tools that enable him to provide first aid to the wounded. In Sanabis, one of the starting points of the claimants legitimate rights , S.Sadiq Begun and carrying in his hand only white box , it was not long before the riot police arrested him, A policeman put his hand on his neck he almost lost his breathe, and then beat him, then sent him to the police jeep with others, no mercy on young age (17 years), Punished him because he has humanity , on the way to the police station, he received a hearty meal of torture, beat him on his back by the police weapons, he lost his senses in his right arm, his hand began to tremble without stopping, Carried with few detained guys by troop of riot police to alneaim police station , then to MOI (the fort) , and then returned again to alneaim police station, then transferred to a military hospital(BDF) for treatment of the effects of torture, and the final stop was the alnabeh saleh police station and he is still there until the moment of writing this report. S.Sadeq Was carrying a white box to help the wounded, but after stealing his money and his phone by the mercenaries, he became accused, he was presented to the public prosecutor in the morning on the thirteenth of February 2012, the prosecutor asked about the reason for his presence in the area of Sanabis and possession of first aid kit, He said: I am a student in the scientific major , I dream to be a doctor, and I know that these areas full of confrontations, and I suppose the occurrence of injuries, I just wanted to give a humanitarian service of any injured. Seems that the answer didn't live up to the prosecutor decided to imprisonment for forty-five days pending to investigation. It is more a revolution than an uprising. It is a revolution on the domestic level and a revolution in terms of consciousness and action, and the type and scale of activism. We are talking about demonstrations and events where 40-50 per cent of the people of Bahrain are participating. Some estimates put 400,000 out of 750,000 citizens at protests on 14 February 2011."
[Great History on Bahrain here....] |
Today's "loyalist" rally outside Al Fatih mosque was attended by a large number of South Asians. Photographs show these being overseen:
“Fazlul Karim, president of the Society for Bangladeshi Workers in Bahrain, told the BBC Bengali service that some expatriates in the capital had recently been forced to take part in pro-government rallies ....."
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy by Kenneth Katzman : 2/21/2012 | Congressional Briefing
[ I cannot post a PDF, but here is the link to the piece.....] 
Today, we honor one of those citizen journalists, Rami al-Sayed, who gave his life in the cause of letting the world see what is happening inside his home country of Syria. Rami was killed during the shelling of Homs on Tuesday, and the last video on his YouTube account, which has been source of some of the most compelling video from Homs in recent months, was video of his own body, posted by his brother.
Boycott Bahrain F1! - Don't support the Al-Khalifa terrorists in #Bahrain !
...My dears, my tears and your tears must be like the weeping for Hossein, son of Ali, peace be upon him, and should cause more striving, movement and effort toward our goal. They must become the two wings with which we can fly to reach the true beloved. We must become like a roaring flood that uproots tyranny and oppression. So come and let us cry and cry together; these tears will uproot tyranny..... 
... The landmark initiative Dana Rohrabacher has taken in support of Balochistan, together with five other Congressmen, should spur liberals in India and Afghanistan to move similar resolutions in their respective parliaments. It is for both the countries to decide to what extent they can stand by the Balochs. They should, nonetheless, make no concessions to Pakistan when it comes to human rights issues. By such a concerted stand, we would set a positive precedent in the South Asian region of abjuring repression and joining those who believe in democracy and human rights. In today's globalised world, torture must not be pardoned because it is considered one country's internal affair. ... 
On the one year anniversary of Bahrain's pro-democracy protests, we publish a letter by activist Abdulhadi Abdulla Alkhawaja, sentenced to life imprisonment for taking part in the protests and currently entering his second week of a hunger strike.
'His Excellency, Dear Sir, Subject: My case as a Bahraini Dane detained in Bahrain Firstly, allow me to thank you and other Danish officials, especially at the Danish embassy, for your concern in my case since I was arrested in Bahrain on 8 April, 2011. My gratitude is extended to every Danish citizen who heard about my case and sympathised with me, including members of the parliament, media and human rights defenders. Secondly, I would like to stress the positive influence on me of the 12 years that I had spent in Denmark, along with my beloved wife and brave four daughters, during the period from March 1989 until June 2001 when we returned to Bahrain following a general amnesty. At the beginning of that period I received my first professional training in human rights by the Danish Centre for Human Rights, which took place at the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen. This training and other forms of indirect support had an important impact on my voluntary work as the director of the Bahrain Human Rights Organisation (BHRO), based in Copenhagen, which played an important role in the positive developments that took place in Bahrain a decade ago. More important, living in Denmark and experiencing first hand its social and political system inspired my work for democracy and human rights in Bahrain and the MENA region during the last 10 years, as an activist, researcher and trainer; in Bahrain as the director of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), from 2002 until 2008, and at the regional level, as the MENA regional field coordinator for Front Line, the international foundation for the protection of human rights defenders, based in Dublin, Ireland, (Aug. 2008 until Feb, 2011). Thirdly, I have no regrets that I had to pay a price for my work to promote human rights. It is a serious business to address issues such as corruption, inequality, and discrimination in order to promote the interests of members of the ruling family, and documenting arbitrary detention and torture by the brutal National Security Apparatus. So, as much as it was unfair, it was no real surprise when I was detained in 2004, severely beaten during peaceful protests in 2005 and 2006, subjected to unfair trials, travel ban and continuous defamation campaigns in official and semi-official media, and eventually, as a part of the crackdown on the wide popular protests since 14 February, 2011, I was severely beaten, arbitrarily detained, held in solitary confinement and subjected to torture for more than two months, brought before a military court on charges faked by the National Security Apparatus, such as “instigating hatred against the regime” and “planning to overthrow it” and eventually being sentenced to life imprisonment, a sentence which I have been serving to date. Fourthly, it was a great comfort to hear about the mounting support for my case from the people and activists in Bahrain and from the colleagues and friends on the regional and international levels, in addition to statements and campaigns calling for the release of myself and other activists, by the office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights and International organisations including Human Rights Watch, Front Line Defenders, Amnesty International and Human Rights First. It has also been of great comfort to get visits by Danish diplomats during court sessions and at Jaw Prison, especially by the kind assistant to the ambassador in Saudi-Arabia, who kept me and my family informed about the concern and efforts made by Danish officials regarding my case. Fifthly, as a recommendation from a Danish citizen, I would appreciate it if my case would be legally researched to examine the numerous violations I have been subjected to and the legal basis for keeping me in prison. Based on such research the Danish authorities could take more actions regarding my case. Taking in consideration the findings of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), formed by the King, which documented my case and used it, along with some other cases, as a base for its final observations and recommendations related to the issues; arrests, arbitrary detention, torture and unfair trial. A summary of my case was published in the final report as case No.8 on page 426. Find also the relative general observations numbers; (1693) to (1706). Sixthly, as a human rights defender, regardless of being a Danish citizen, I am entitled for protection by EU member states in accordance with the EU-guidelines on the protection of human rights defenders around the world. Hence, I would suggest that the Danish authorities kindly put forth more efforts, in coordination with other EU-state members, to take whatever possible actions at the regional level, such as in embassies, in Brussels institutions and at the UN in Geneva to address my case and the cases of other detained activists, and calling for the release, reparations and protection for human rights defenders in Bahrain, and detained activists, including my brother, Salah Al-Khawaja, and a Bahraini-Swedish activist, Mohammed Habib Al-Muqdad. Finally, I thank you again and send my warm greetings to all Danish citizens. I hope that the good effort, including yours, would soon secure my release so that I can join my family and friends and resume my work as the director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) based in Beirut, that has recently started its work. I wish you all the best. Yours Sincerely, Notes: Would you please submit a copy to my family. 
Radhika Sainath describes her arrest and interrogation in Bahrain: They had got me. In Bahrain, supporting human rights was something akin to terrorism, and I had just admitted to it. مترجم: تقرير مصور للصحفي الأمريكي نيك كريستوف عن القمع في البحرين بعنوان "احتجاجات وتعامل قوات الشرطة معها" الصحفي والكاتب نيك كريستوف يعود مجددا إلى البحرين... 
Israel’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian detained without charge, who has been on hunger strike for more than nine weeks, his lawyer said.
[Al-Khalifas need to see the light too]
....Despite the government of Khalifah ibn Sulman al-Khalifah, the uncle of the reigning King Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah having everything at their disposal from media to military, they haven’t been able to break the will of the Bahraini people who are now reusing to be their slaves. If you keep an eye on Bahrain and have been there, you will understand that it’s the Prime Minister and not the King who bears the responsibility for all that is happening. The king is living in a bubble and willingly or unwillingly can’t get rid of his uncle who is supposedly backed by the Saudi’s. .... 
On anniversary of Bahrain’s protests, demonstrators gather again--but doctor who was arrested stays inside. |
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