Around the world in tear gas: Protests stifled in 2014 14 August, 2014 – Al Jazeera As a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, seethes with anger after the murder of an unarmed black teenager over the weekend, images of demonstrations are reminiscent of protest zones across the globe. With security forces lobbing tear gas canisters more »
Day: August 18, 2014
'Contractual Constitution', latest in rhetorical spin from Bahrain's Reformist Wing
Bahrain opposition: A contractual constitution is a necessity to end the political crisis in Bahrain 18 aug. 2014 – ABNA The national democratic opposition parties in Bahrain staged a mass rally on Friday August 15th , 2014 marking Bahrain’s independence day anniversary from British mandate in 1971. The national democratic opposition parties in Bahrain staged more »
Saudi Injustice toward Sheik al-Nimr addressed by Hezbollah
Hezbollah warns Saudis on Sheikh Nimr’s trial 15 August, 2014 Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has demanded a halt to the prosecution or any legal pursuit of prominent Saudi cleric Ayatollah Nimr Baqer al-Nimr by the Riyadh regime, vowing that continuing with the fabricated legal case against the Shia scholar will further deteriorate the regional situation. more »
Sheikh Tawfiq al-Amr victimised by sectarian system of Saudi Injustice
Amnesty slams Saudi Arabia over Shia cleric verdict 1 5 August, 2014 – Shia Post Amnesty International has slammed Saudi Arabia for handing down a harsh verdict to a leading Shia cleric in the country. Amnesty International said on Thursday that the harsh sentence of Sheikh Tawfiq al-Amr shows the disturbing pattern of harassment against more »
Bahrain Kingdom of Injustice 22 new Political Prisoners to its list of detained on false charges
Bahrain regime imprisons 22 Shiite over anti-regime protests 17 August, 2014 – PRessTV The Bahraini regime has given jail terms to 22 activists for taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations in the Persian Gulf country. The Bahraini regime has given jail terms to 22 activists for taking part in pro-democracy demonstrations in the Persian Gulf country. more »
Prisoner of Conscience Nabeel Rajab Speaks about Prison Ordeal
Opposition fill streets of Bahrain with ceaseless protest since Massacre at Pearl Roundabout Feb.2011
Bahrainis to Hold Protest Rallies 15 August, 2014 – Tasim News Agency TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Bahrain’s political and revolutionary forces have called on the Persian Gulf country’s people to take part in protest rallies on Friday. They urged people to hold anti-regime demonstrations and insist on the withdrawal of Saudi and Emirati forces from Bahrain, more »
Bahrain's 'injustice system' heaps sectarian motived sentences on opposition protesters
Bahrain’s ‘injustice-system’ issues anti-Shia jail terms up to 434 years 14 August, 2014 – ABNA A Bahraini court has handed life sentences to 14 citizens in relation to the political crisis in the country. Another 12 citizens have been sentenced to 7 years in prison, making a sum of 434 years for all 26. A more »
Neoliberal Profiteering more important than Human Rights and Democracy in Bahrain
Business Interests Are More Valuable to Bahrain’s Western Allies Than Democracy and Human Rights 17 August, 2014 – Business Insider I was sentenced to two years in prison for holding what authorities in Bahrain described as “illegal demonstrations” in 2012. In actual fact I was doing my legitimate and peaceful human rights work. I have more »