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Posted in Activism, Awareness, Bahrain, Censorship, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech | Tagged Censorship, security | 3 CommentsBahrain continues its crackdown on the country’s human rights advocates, adding Zainab Al Khawaja amongst its growing list of political prisoners, many of whom underwent severe psychological abuse, sexual humiliation and physical torture. Zainab is one of Bahrain’s most prominent …
Posted in Activism, Bahrain, Censorship, Demonstrations, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights | Tagged Bahrain | Leave a commentBelow are the latest reports and updates following the situation of migrant workers in the MENA region, from our website Migrant-Rights.org. Migrants in Libya face uncertain future: A recent U.N. report estimates that over 7,000 prisoners remain detained in Libya. …
Posted in Awareness, Bahrain, Civil Rights, Gulf, Kuwait, Lebanon, Migrant Workers, Racism, Society, UAE | Tagged Gulf, migrant rights | Leave a commentYou may remember that a few weeks ago, our project CrowdVoice.org was selected amongst 11 finalists at the Citizen Media competition. We relied entirely on your votes and mobilization to secure a spot amongst the four winners. We’re proud to …
Posted in Announcements, Bahrain, Freedom of Speech, Media | Tagged CrowdVoice, Media | Leave a commentAlmost exactly 11 months ago, Mohamed Bouazizi, the street vendor in Tunisia whose name spread like wildfire across the Middle East set himself on fire in protest of the corruption and humiliation that he had suffered his entire life. Since then, …
Posted in Bahrain, Current Events, Demonstrations, Morocco, Syria, Yemen | Tagged Arab Spring, Bahrain, Morocco, Syria, Yemen | 1 CommentBelow is a list of recent media reports that will verify the fact that migrant workers, domestic maids in particular, suffer outrageous human rights violations that take place on a daily basis throughout the Middle East. There are many cases …
Posted in Bahrain, Gulf, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Migrant Workers, Racism, UAE | Tagged Bahrain, Kuwait, maids, Migrant Workers, UAE | Leave a comment[This article first appeared on our other site, Mideast Tunes.] I kinda lucked out with this one. A friend happened to get me into personal contact with Busac of Smouldering In Forgotten for an interview via email. As people know, …
Posted in Bahrain, Creativity, Culture, Music, Youth | Tagged Bahrain, band, Interview, metal, Music | Leave a commentIt was a new kind of celebration of Eid in 2011, for it was made with blood. Quite unlikely for the nature of the celebration, usually Eid is celebrated with happiness and rejoice that the fasting month of Ramadan is …
Posted in Bad news, Bahrain, Christians, Current Events, Islamophobia, Syria | Tagged Bahrain, eid, Syria | Leave a comment* Expelling students continues in Bahrain. Tens of students were expelled from Bahrain Polytechnic yesterday and today for voicing their anti-government view on the internet and mainly on Facebook and for allegedly taking part in anti-government protests that rocked the …
Posted in Activism, Bahrain, Censorship, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Media, Women | Leave a commentAfter its brutal military crackdown on peaceful demonstrators, the government of Bahrain has been massively arresting citizens in reprisal for anti-government protests that swept the country in February. Many activists, opposition figures, bloggers and even medical staff who have treated …
Posted in Activism, Bahrain, Censorship, Civil Rights, Democracy, Demonstrations, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Media, Middle East, Youth | 10 Comments