Bahrain
Bahrain Blocks UN Human Rights Investigator
It seems that Bahrain is well on its way of becoming the Zimbabwe of the Gulf: increasingly brutal to dissenters at home, and increasingly unconcerned about its image abroad.
Bahrain’s Formula One Grand Prix Crackdown
For the third time in three years, Bahraini citizens are protesting the Formula One Grand Prix. And it looks like for the second time in two years, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile will ignore massive human and civil rights repression and let the race go as planned.
Exiled Bahrain Rights Activist to Try to Enter Her Country
Maryam Al-Khawaja is better known as @MARYAMALKHAWAJA, a prolific tweeter about human rights issues in her home country of Bahrain. She will make a landmark visit there tomorrow.
7 Twitter Users Who Brought us the #Feb14 Bahrain Uprising
It’s been exactly one year since #Feb14 became the online rallying cry of citizens in Bahrain. What’s happened since then and a thank you to the Twitter users who helped us track the uprising and the violent suppression that followed.
Russia Arms Deal With Bahrain Shows Why We Need an Arms Trade Treaty
The continued supply of weapons to repressive regimes is nothing new, but it does highlight the need for a globally binding Arms Trade Treaty that restricts transfers to human rights abusers.
Why Bahrain Should to Be Front And Center in Obama’s Middle East Speech
Nowhere in the Arab world today does the Obama administration face a policy dilemma as vexing as it does toward Bahrain.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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