Entretien du Roi du Bahrein avec une étudiante en journalisme d’Harvard.
Nieman Reports | « Terrorism Has No Religion »
http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/102880/Terrorism-Has-No-Religion.aspx
“Terrorism Has No Religion”
Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, talks to 2013 Nieman Fellow Souad Mekhennet about terrorism, Twitter, freedom of the press, and democratic reform
Interview by Souad Mekhennet
Et cette déclaration du Wifaq, datée du 10 mai
A noter le site du Wifaq qui a fait peau neuve (effaçant notamment le nom complet qui mentionnait jama’iyya al wifaq al watani al islamiyya )
No solution without democracy and power-sharing | alwefaq
http://alwefaq.net/cms/2013/05/10/19641
10th May 2013
The national democratic opposition parties said Bahrain is undergoing a bitter conflict between the political majority demanding democratic transition and the rigid dictatorship that is blocking change and refusing to respond to the people’s will. The conflict that has entered its third year will only end with real democracy that responds to the people’s aspirations to build a state of freedom and democracy.
The opposition parties issued a statement following a mass protest march titled, “Back down is fantasy” on Friday 10th May, west of the capital Manama. The statement stressed that the expropriated powers must be given to the people who must be the source of all powers and sovereignty.
The opposition parties stressed that the mentioned principles make the base of the conflict between the dictatorship that insists on its control of the nation’s powers and wealth and the people who look to build a modern civil state through an elected government and a full power parliament made out of fair electoral districts with an impartial and independent judiciary and diversified security services.
The opposition parties also mentioned in their statement that the security services in Bahrain practise torture according to a deep rooted methodology and a deviant security mentality.
The opposition parties stressed that the suppressive crackdown cannot end the people’s movement, adding, all attempts to circumvent the inclusive political solution will fail and the people are well aware of the regime’s attempts.
10th May 2013
Bahrain national democratic opposition parties:
AlWefaq National Islamic Society (AlWefaq)
National Democratic Action Society (Waad)
National Democratic Gathering Society (AlQawmi)
Unitary National Democratic Assemblage (Wahdawy)
Ekhaa National Society (Ekhaa)
Opposition leader acquitted in Bahrain; angryarabiya freed
http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/opposition-leader-acquitted-bahrain-angryarabiya-freed
Protester Zainab Alkhawaja, known for her meticulous documenting of the struggle under the Twitter name @angryarabiya, was also released on Monday.
Alkhawaja had been arrested at a rally 8 days ago as she attempted to reach Pearl Square, the scene of pro-democracy protests last year until Bahraini and Saudi forces crushed the uprising.
The crackdown left 35 people dead, according to a government-led commission of inquiry into the violence.
Bahrain resumes retrial of convicted medics
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/01/2012198237486796.html
A civil court in Manama, Bahrain’s capital, has begun a new hearing for a group of 20 medical staff who were convicted of taking part in crimes against the state during anti-government protests that rocked the country last year.
The doctors, nurses and paramedics were handed sentences, ranging from five to 15 years in prison, on September 28, over a raft of charges, including incitement to overthrow the the ruling Al Khalifa family.
But a retrial was initiated on October 23 after prosecutors dropped confessions from the defendants, who had protested that the statements were extracted under torture.
The hearing for the new trial had been adjourned in November.
Most of the staff worked at, or volunteered at, the Salmaniya Medical Centre in Manama that was stormed by security forces in mid-March after they drove protesters out of nearby Pearl Square.
The workers received the heavy jail terms from the military-run National Safety Court, but are now being tried in a civil court.
The Bahrain Protests - TotallyCoolPix
http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/02/the-bahrain-protests
Une collection de grandes photos sur les manifs du #Bahreïn.
http://totallycoolpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/19022011_the_bahrain_protests/bahrain_001.jpg