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    19th December 2012

    BAHRAIN MEDIA ROUNDUP


    European envoy urges Bahrain to free prisoners
    The head of a European Parliament human rights delegation is urging Bahrain to release political prisoners as a step toward easing an anti-government uprising in the strategic Gulf nation. The visit comes less than a week after Bahrain's crown But the agency declined to suspend the trade pact, despite a request from the AFL-CIO. Instead, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis urged more diplomatic talks with Bahrain to resolve complaints about the Persian Gulf nation's crackdown on unions and labor reform protesters. "We are hopeful that through engagement with our trading partner we will nd a solution that is good for workers both in the United States and Bahrain," Solis said in a statement. Read More and this has been extended to 26 December - despite the Bahraini authorities failure to bring any charges against him. He is held in the countrys Dry Dock Prison, a facility for adults. prince called for new efforts for talks between the Sunni leadership and the kingdom's majority Shiites, who seek a greater political voice. Inese Vaidere of Latvia told reporters Thursday that authorities should free all "prisoners of conscience" as a crucial step toward negotiations in the 22-month uprising. Read More

    U.S. government report faults Bahrain 2011 labor crackdown


    Bahrain appears to have violated commitments it made to the United States to protect workers' rights in its response to a March 2011 general strike at the time of the Arab Spring, the U.S. Labor Department said in a report on Thursday.

    "It is our duty to ensure that trading partners meet their commitments to labor standards in free trade agreements," U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said in a statement. The report stopped short of recommending legal action under the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, which went into force in 2006. Instead it called for consultations between the two countries on labor rights concerns. Read More imprisoning pro-democracy campaigners, was surprised to nd a festive Fortnum & Mason wicker basket in her ofce on Wednesday. After inquiries with the royal grocers, she discovered the hamper was a gift from Alice Thomas Samaan, Bahrain's ambassador. Clwyd returned the hamper to the store and sent a letter to the embassy explaining that she could not accept it. Read More Al-Muhafda, the head of documentation for the Bahrain Center of Human Rights, was arrested Monday during a demonstration, attorney Mohamed Al-Jishi said. Just before his arrest, the center said a series of posts went out on his Twitter account, describing a shotgun injury, tear gas and "security forces spraying pepper spray on female protesters faces as they mock them/laugh." Read More

    LABOR DEPT. URGES TALKS OVER BAHRAIN LABOR UNREST


    The government of Bahrain has fallen short of commitments to recognize labor rights and prevent employment discrimination under a free trade agreement with the United States, the Labor Department said Thursday.

    MP refuses to accept hamper from Bahrain's ambassador


    Bahrain's ambassador to London has been snubbed after sending a Christmas hamper to an MP who sits on a committee conducting an inquiry into human rights abuses in the country. Ann Clwyd, who has criticised the regime for torturing and

    Bahrain condemned for detaining 16-yearold boy in adult jail


    Amnesty International has condemned the Bahraini authorities detention of a 16year-old boy in an adult prison in violation of international human rights standards. The teenager, Mohammad Mohammad Abdulnabi Abdulwasi, has already been detained for over a week -

    Bahraini activist arrested for Twitter posts

    Twitter posts about antigovernment protests have landed a human rights On 11 December Bahraini riot activist in Bahrain behind bars. police raided Abdulnabi Abdulwasis family home in Sitra - an island east of the Said Yousif al-Muhafda is capital Manama. During the accused of disseminating raid, the police apparently false information about broke the main door and took clashes between security money and other items from forces and protesters in the the house. country's capital, the staterun Bahrain News Agency said Thursday. Read More

    Bahraini protester dies after inhaling poisonous tear gas


    A man has been killed by poisonous gas used by Bahraini regime forces in the ongoing anti-regime protests in the Persian Gulf state. The victim, identied as Bassil al-Qattan, died on Thursday after inhaling tear

    gas fumes red during a demonstration against the ruling Al Khalifa dynasty in the capital Manama last week. His death comes amid excessive use of tear gas and stun grenades by Bahraini security forces as they continue their harsh clampdown on peaceful demonstrators who are calling for democratic reforms in the Arab country. Read More

    Commission of Inquiry (BICI) report.

    Workers stage protest seeking reinstatement


    A GROUP of dismissed workers and their families yesterday staged a sit-in near the Labour Ministry in Isa Town, demanding their reinstatement. More than 30 workers carried placards demanding authorities to fully implement recommendations of the Bahrain Independent

    One protester said there were many who were not happy with new terms and conditions set by companies to reinstate employees dismissed during the unrest last year. "I have refused to accept the new offer by my company as they have shifted me to another position and this is not fair," said Sayed Mohammed. Read More

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