Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Lawrence Weschler – Salon – Friday, 18 January 2013 (originally published 11 Jan) The remarkable Al-Khawaja family continue to bedevil the dictatorial royal regime of Bahrain in ever more confounding ways. On Thursday I reported on a growing worldwide groundswell of support behind the notion of the entire family’s being considered for this coming year’s [...]
Amnesty International - Monday, 8 August 2011(originally published 3 Aug) Two Bahraini women activists detained for their involvement in pro-reform protests have begun a hunger strike to demand their freedom. Roula al-Saffar, head of the Bahrain Nursing Society, and Jalila al-Salman, vice-president of the Bahrain Teacher’s Association (BTA), have been held for several months near the [...]
Helen Victoria Thompson – Thomson Reuters TrustLaw (via Women without Borders / SAVE) One woman has died and up to 30 are still detained in undisclosed locations in Bahrain, during a violent government crackdown on protesters. Women are arrested and tortured by government forces in order to deter their relatives from continuing to protest, said [...]
