Targets of Retribution – July 2011
Attacks against Medics, Injured Protesters, and Health Facilities
This report documents serious government abuses, starting in mid-February 2011. These include attacks on health care providers; denial of medical access to protesters injured by security forces; the siege of hospitals and health centers; and the detention, ill-treatment, torture, and prosecution of medics and patients with protest-related injuries.
The government violations were part of the violent response by authorities to largely peaceful pro-democracy and anti-government demonstrations that began in February and continued months after military and security forces began a massive crackdown in mid-March, which led to the armed occupation of Bahrain’s main public hospital, the Salmaniya Medical Complex, on March 16.
Sport Fame Tax, Is Arrest
Being a famous face in Bahrain is now a sign of danger, if this face was participated in any democratic movement the past February and March. Since the Saudi Bahraini crackdown on the peaceful Bahraini pro-democracy movement, Bahraini authorities have been engaged in hunting down as many democratic criminals as possible from every single organization and institution... the easiest was to start with the famed faces, as the athletes got a good piece of the cake... of course the sectarian nature was not absent from this sight of the story...
This simple report is about the sport heroes who turned to become political heroes lately, they have been suspended, arrested and tortured for the reason of participating in peaceful protests and calling for democratic demands. Reports and articles have been collected were the reader can get a simple comprehensive view about the athletes situation in occupied Bahrain...
Special thatnks to @FatiHakeem & @SamchSafi
Bahrain Government Attempts to Eliminate Virtual Protests
2011Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses its deep concern regarding the continuous crackdown onthe freedom of individuals to express their views and the suppression of Bahraini authorities to freedom of expression in various ways. This report focuses on the repression of freedom of expression through the webspace that targeted activists and bloggers on the internet through killing threats and detention leading to astate of extreme self-censorship. Many websites that discuss the local affairs and political events, includingdiscussion forums and blogging pages of Bahraini activists, have been blocked or closed by authorities inBahrain. The diversity of electronic contents on the web is compromised as more bloggers are disappearingeveryday along with the closure of their websites and pages.Since the public protests last February – started after calls spread through Facebook -, Bahraini activists andbloggers – like others worldwide- made use of the readily available cyberspace and social networking sites such as forums, blogs,
Freedom on the Net 2011 – Bahrain
Bahrain has one of the highest internet penetration rates in the Middle East, but as morepeople have gained access to new technologies, the government has increasingly attemptedto curtail their use for disseminating and obtaining politically sensitive information.Bahrainhas been connected to theinternetsince 1995. In 1997, an internet user was arrested for thefirst time, for sending information to an opposition group outside the country.
In 2002, theMinistry of Information (MOI) made its first official attempt to block websites containingcontent that was critical of the government. Today, over 1,000 websites are blocked inBahrain.
Bahrain’s new slogan “Igniting a peaceful cold war”
It is no longer hidden from the people of Bahrain, who are currently participating in their very own "cold war", the need to expel the royal family from ruling their island - one of the biggest internal problems this family has is their foolish and blind greed for wealth. The greed of the Al-Khaleefa family has escalated over recent years, due to their increase in number to approximately 4000 members. The ever increasing royal family are hopelessly trying to discover a way to share the money deducted from the annual general budget which is estimated to be around 1.5 billion Bahraini Dinars. (Bahrains oil accounts for 90% of this budget)
These Are The Controversial Satellite Photos That Set Off Protests In Bahrain
The following images have contributed to anti-government riots in Bahrain.
A few years ago, Bahrain's oppressed and overcrowded Shiite majority began using Google Earth to view palaces and other estates that make up 95% of the country. As these images churned up discontent, the government blocked Google Earth. However, an anonymous PDF guide was distributed by email.
The NYT's Tom Friedman names these images in a list of "not-so-obvious forces" that fed the mass revolt.
Source: Business Insider
Bahrain: The Ruling Family Of AlKhalifah
Unlike other ruling families in the Gulf the Al-Khalifa are not indigenous to the area they control. when they first come to Bahrain in the eighteenth century they did so as the invaders of a fortified trading and pearling centre with a record of habitation reaching back to the third millennium before Christ.
Do No Harm: A Call for Bahrain to End Systematic Attacks on Doctors and Patients
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Thousands of protesters in the small island Kingdom of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf took to the streets calling for government reform in February and March 2011. The Government’s response was brutal and systematic: shoot civilian protesters, detain and torture them, and erase all evidence. On the frontline, treating hundreds of these wounded civilians, doctors had first-hand knowledge of government atrocities.
This report details systematic and targeted attacks against medical personnel, as a result of their efforts to provide unbiased care for wounded protestors. The assault on healthcare workers and their patients constitutes extreme violations of the principle of medical neutrality and are grave breaches of international law. Medical neutrality ensures
- the protection of medical personnel, patients, facilities, and transport from attack or interference;
- unhindered access to medical care and treatment;
- the humane treatment of all civilians; and
- nondiscriminatory treatment of the injured and sick.
AlKhalifa Scandals from Belgrave’s Diaries
There are several points you should know it about this book
- The book is a historical narration of events written in diary form by Belgrave while he was working as an adviser to Bahrain's ruler at that time, and then to the Bahrain government.
- Belgrave lists important details about the country's development on various levels - administrative, educational, health and judicial
- The book documents Belgrave's relationship with the governor and his role in running the country's affairs.
Everyone should know, the book contains some precise details and testimonies which authorities would like to hide from the public, in particular those related to the distribution of wealth, land appropriation and sectarian discrimination. The diary also refers to the political opposition movements and the authorities' response.
When Mount Everest become green !!
Mount Everest, also known as Mount Chomolungma or Sagarmatha, is the world's highest mountain above the mean sea level at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). It is located in the Himalayas on the Nepal (Sagarmatha Zone)-China (Tibet) border.
There are many people tried to climb the highest mount, and they success .. most of them spoked about Everest climbing and they described it as arduous and tiring journey.
Historic climb: Sir Edmund Hillary (standing in blue) and Tenzing Norgay during their Everest expedition (7.30 Report: Alfred Gregory)
Saudi Person climbed Everest in 2009
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