Statement by Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO) Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO) regrets the insults and the inappropriate treatment to which the lawyers are being exposed before the criminal courts by some members of court panels, which has reached levels that necessitate a strong stance by the Supreme Judiciary Council to restore the lawyers confidence more »
Month: February 2014
URGENT – Hussain Hubail, Jaffar Marhoon, Jassim al Nouaim
URGENT – Hussain Hubail’s medical reports show he needs a chance to go abroad for heart treatment. His mum is concerned about him being operated on in the military hospital. Hussain is in court on 16th March with Jassim al Nouaim. – Jaffar Marhoon, cameraman, was moved to Jaw Prison as he has sentences in more »
Zapatistas: the wealth of dignity
Zapatistas: the wealth of dignity December 2013 On the 20th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising of 1st January 1994 we publish this article by Luis Hernández Navarro which illustrates the achievements of Zapatista autonomy. Thanks to Dorset Chiapas Solidarity. In the community of Emiliano Zapata in the caracol Whirlwind of Our Words, 30 Zapatista families more »
Solidarity with Zapatistas under attack
Solidarity with Zapatistas under attack February 2014 Pronouncement from the UK Zapatista Solidarity Network concerning the recent attacks on Zapatista support bases and hospital staff To the Zapatista Support bases To the Good Government Juntas To the EZLN To the adherents to the Sexta To national and international human rights organisations To the alternative media more »
King Hamad dispatches Emissaries to Villages and Mosques with offer of dialogue
Dear King Hamad, we hear your dialogue, it's your ideas about democracy that trouble us
MORE AL KHALIFA DIALOGUE
…the dialogue will continue until the oppositon accepts Hamad's terms for "democracy"
Bahrain Regime uses Violence to Stall Progress on Democracy, move Shia into Minority
Bahrain's Kingdom of Deception – "can't we just all get along, live in peace and tyranny?"
Imperialism’s Creative Destruction in Syria
Western Imperialism’s Creative Destruction in Syria Finian CUNNINGHAM – 18 Februay, 2014 – Strategic Culture Foundation US-led Western regime change in Syria might be described as a process of creative destruction. Like Schumpeter’s economic concept of cyclical creative destruction, so too Washington’s political machinations in Syria seem to be playing out likewise. We begin with more »