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Bahrain : Activists' TV channel jammed by the Kingdom

BHR - News | 25 October 2011
A little studio in an industrial park in suburban London. This is the very place where last 17 July, fifteen Bahraini activists launched Lualua TV, an independent TV channel. They previously tried to broadcast directly from Bahrain but were denied the required permit. When the activists began to air their programmes from the UK, the Kingdom's authorities started jamming of Lualua TV despite changing frequency several times.
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Bahrain: Two resigned members of the Parliament arrested and tortured by the military forces

BHR - News | 21 June 2011
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In follow up to Alkarama's initial press release of 23 May 2011, Alkarama can now confirm that former Bahraini members of Parliament Mr Matar Matar and Mr Jawad Fairuz Ghuloom are being detained by the Bahraini authorities, and are currently undergoing an unfair trial. In light of this information, and the lack of response to Alkarama's letter to the authorities, Alkarama submitted their case to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention today.
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Bahrain: ongoing secret detention of former MPs, Mattar Mattar and Jawad Fairuz

BHR - News | 25 May 2011
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Alkarama is concerned at the arrest and apparent disappearance of two former Bahraini Members of Parliament in Bahrain, following unusual methods of arrest. Mr Jawad Fairuz, aged 48 and Mr Mattar Mattar, aged 35 were both arrested on 2 May 2011 and have not been heard of since.
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Bahrain: Kuwaiti Canadian kidnapped by police at airport

BHR - News | 12 April 2011

Nasser Bader Al-Raas, 29, both a Kuwaiti and Canadian national, currently living in Kuwait, was arrested on 20 March 2011 at Bahrain International Airport, 4km north of Manama. Mr Raas had flown to Bahrain on 6 March 2011 for family reasons and was returning home to Kuwait when he was arrested. Alkarama was told that after check-in, he spoke with a friend on the phone, but never boarded the plane. While witnesses report he was arrested by police officers at the airport, he has yet to reappear.

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Bahrain: 6 dead and hundreds injured in clampdown of peaceful protests

BHR - News | 18 February 2011
Since the beginning of the protests in Bahrain calling for democratic changes in the country, Alkarama has been informed of 6 deaths and hundreds of injured caused by excessive use of violence by the police.
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Bahrain - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 20.09.2006
Optional Protocol: Accessed on 12.09.1989

State report: Overdue since 20.12.2007 (1st)
Last concluding observations: -

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 06.03.1998
Optional Protocol: No
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): Yes
Art. 22 (Individual communications): Yes

State report: Due on 15.07.2015 (initially due in 2007)
Last concluding observations: 21.06.2005

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

No

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 05.2012 (2nd cycle)
Next review: -

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) – Not accredited

 

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