Category Archives: General
Bahrain king ratifies controversial protests law
AFP - 20 July 2006 King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa ratified a controversial law on... more
Joint Letter by Amnesty International and ARTICLE 19 Regarding Public Gathering Law
Open Letter AI Index: MDE 11/001/2006 (Public) News Service No: 153 15 June 2006 Bahrain:... more
Meeting discusses monitoring of the media coverage of elections in the Arab world
The Arab Working Group for Monitoring of Media Coverage of Elections 22 May 2006 Press... more
Bahrain's dawn of democracy proves false for Shia
By William Wallis, Financial Times - May 3 2006 A few blocks away from the... more
Amnesty International: Background Information on Bahrain
Released prior to 2006 Elections to the Human Rights Council AI Index: IOR 41/006/2006 1... more
Petition from participants at the “Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy" to the King of Bahrain
Fourth Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy: "Advancing Democracy: Justice, Pluralism, and Participation" Istanbul,... more
Amid sectarianism, a political showdown looms in Bahrain
Arab Reform Bulletin (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace) March 2006 By Toby Jones A political... more
U.S. State Department Report on Human Rights Practices (2005): Bahrain
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor U.S. Department of State March... more
Activist advocates family laws for all communities
Gulf News - 25 October 2005 By Habib Toumi, Bureau Chief Manama: A human rights... more
OMCT comments on the press coverage following the Observatory’s mission to Bahrain
World Organisation Against Torture Geneva, 10 October 2005. In connection to the mission carried out... more