Civil Society

Issue 46

• Bahrain’s Civil Society: A Second Take-off
• Civil Society Experience in Bahrain

Issue 33 - 34

• Reactions of Civil and Political Societies to Bassiouni’s Report

Issue 25

• Drazi: Restricting BHRS Affects Bahrain’s Reputation
• Incest and Sexual Abuse of Children
• Calls for Religious Tolerance
• Women Launch Online Newsletter
• Workshop to Fight Corruption
• Al Shyjee: Frustration over Delay of Press Law

Issue 24

• 84% Support the Right of Citizenship to Children of Bahraini Women
• Calls to Lift Restrictions on Community Work
• 69 Active Trade Unions in Bahrain
• Naeema Marhoon: We Demand a Unified Family Law
• BHRS Launch 2010 Annual Report
• Al Najjar: Increase in Violence is Against Civilization
• Drazi Criticises Restriction on Freedom of Expression

Issue 23

• Transparency Society and Combating Corruption
• Participation in Decision Making
• Partnership Agreement
• “Fatat Al Reef” and “Family Bank”
• 500 Assault Cases Involving Children
• Imprisonment for Assaulting Two Domestic Workers

Issue 22

• Bridging the Gap
• Full Membership for the Bahrain Transparency Society
• Ban on Political Publications and Blocks on Websites
• First Woman to Win in the Council Elections
• Workshop on Local MDG
• Court Rules in Favour of Nabeel Rajab
• Regional Conference on Human Trafficking

Issue 19

• Al Byaan Praises the Ministry of Social Development
• Dialogue to Solve Foreign Workers’ Problems
• Youth Meeting
• Anti- Slavery visits Bahrain
• Call to grant Nationality to Children of Bahraini women
• Protection of Workers during Summer
• Monitoring and Funding Elections

Issue 18

• An Eye on Democracy!
• Women’s Union Provides Non-Financial Support to Women
• Campaign in Bahrain Promoting Rights of Citizenship
• Committee to Support the Press Receives Complaints
• Workshop for Developing Monitoring and Documentation Skills
• Monitoring 2010 Elections
• New Administration for the Bahrain Women’s Society
• Bahrainis in the Fleet of Freedom

Issue 17

• Al Jazeera TV Channel Temporarily Suspended
• Cooperation to Support Single Parent Women
• Labour Protest
• Bahrain Jurists Call for Amending the Press Law
• Bahrain Women in Democracy Conference
• Call to Monitor the NIHR
• Al Waqt Newspaper Ceases Publication
• Launch of a Committee for the Support of the Media and the Press
• Call to Establish Committee to Access Information

Issue 16

• NDI Director Prevented from Entering Bahrain
• Workers Protest against Delayed Wages
• Pubic Campaign in Support of CEDAW
• Re-trial of Karzakan Detainees
• Salam Still Unregistered
• Al Masqati Fined 500 Dinars
• BHRM condemns vandalizing schools
• National HR Foundation Members Appointed

Issue 14

• Seminar on the Rights of the Disabled
• Democracy and Human Rights
• More Women’s Rights
• Memorandum on Domestic Violence
• Political Reform in the Gulf
• Protest Demanding the Release of Detainees
• BABCO workers protest
• Two More Protests
• No link between Violence & Freedom of Expression

Issue 13

• Human Rights Watch Visits Bahrain
• Protest against Naturalization
• Girl Wounded in Rioting
• Seminar on Citizenship
• Massive March against Rising Fuel Prices
• Criminalizing Domestic Violence
• (Salam) a New Human Rights Society
• Media Freedom: a Reality that cannot be denied
• Seminar on Women’s Issues
• Civil Society Meets Representatives of the OHCHR
• Ali Salman Supports Legislations which Criminalize Discrimination
• Drying up the Sources of Terrorism and Violence is a Necessity
• Magazine and Reports Defending Women
• Jumaa Condemns Sectarian Arguments

Issue 12

• Symposium Criticizing the Associations Bill
• Al Najjar: Denying Women’s Rights is Unacceptable
• Demands for Anti-Harassment Law
• Lawyers Reject Clergymen Pleading in Courts
• Bahrain Women’s Union Supports New Legislations to Protect Women
• High Hopes for Ratifying a Modern Press Law
• Al Wefaq: refusing to discus discrimination means it is continuing
• Bahrain and the Right to Housing

Issue 9

• Foreign Workers Continue Their Strikes
• Hikmat: It is Necessary to Assess the Reforms
• The Women’s Union Forms a Political Empowerment Committee
• Strong Criticism against the University of Bahrain
• Protests Calling for the Release of Detainees

Issue 8

• Protests by Unemployed Graduates
• UNDP: Arab Development Report, 2009
• Report of the Ibn Khaldon Centre
• Social Development Ministry: Control of NGOs
• Local Report on Women’s Prison

Issue 7

• The Number of Civil Society Organizations Soars
• Third Summit for Youth Societies
• (Bahrainis against Corruption): A Civil Movement to Combat it
• Protest to Free Detainees in Saudi Arabia
• Another Protest to Free the Detainees in Bahrain
• Third Protest against Unemployment
• Transparency Society: the Need to Reward the Press Instead of Suffocating it!
• Constant Protests by Fishermen

Issue 6

• Political Consensus is Needed to Pass the Shii Section of Family Law
• An MP: ‘The Government does not respond to the proposals of the House of Representatives’
• The Young Ladies Association in Bahrain Encourages Women to Use their Right to Vote
• Debate on the Lack of Democracy within Political Societies
• Human Right Activists and Journalists voice Reservations about Private Media Law
• Banning ‘Gulf News’ for Anti-Iranian Article
• Al-Ekri: Combating Corruption is Ineffective

Issue 5

• Bahrain Human Rights Society: No to Premature Accusations
• Security Forces Ban Seminar on Political Naturalization
• Human Rights Delegation Visits the Women’s Prison
• International Labour Day March
• Bahrain a Member in the International Network of Human Rights Films
• Jood: Dialogue on Violence and Human Rights Culture is the Solution
• Federation of Trade Unions Organizes Seminar on the Impact of the Financial Crises
• Assistant Undersecretary: Constant Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking

Issue 4

• Press Freedom in Bahrain is Growing
• Qasim Calls for Speeding up Reforms and says Escalation is ‘Unwise’Sheikh Esa Qasim
• Development Minister: Training Civil Organizations to Design Projects
• Hiwar: First Civil Society for Information is licensed
• Al Morzooq Demands Legislations against Discrimination
• The Launch of a Website for Human Rights in Bahrain
• The Institute of Political Development launches Programme for Political Training
• Human Rights Film Festival is Opened

Issue 3

• Journalist Lamees Dhaif Faces Charges under Penal Code
• Ministry of Information Amends Law and Human Rights Activists Demand Expansion of Freedoms
• Dr. Al-'Awadi: We Support Ban Ki Moon’s Campaign to Combat Violence against Women
• Political Societies Condemn the Use of Molotov Cocktails
• Institute of Political Development: Organizes Seminar on Opposition
• Seminar: Dialogue is a Condition to Transitional Justice

Issue 2

• The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Opens an Office in Bahrain
• Dialogue as Opposed to Confrontation
• (Bahrain Women) is condemning Israeli violations
• The closure of a Mosque for few days

Issue 1

• Workshop on "Transparency" Regarding the Questionings of Ministers
• 33 Films in the "Human Rights Festival"
• Study: Future Vision for Human Rights
• Workshop on "Citizenship"
• Hasan Shafaei elected as Independent Advisor for OMCT