Bahrain

Bahreïn: RSF dénonce les procédures contre les journalistes et les sites Internet

Reporters sans frontières s’inquiète pour la situation de la liberté d’expression. En 2 mois, deux journalistes ont été poursuivis en raison de la publication de leurs articles et le ministère de l’Information a élargi sa campagne de filtrage d’Internet.

Bahrain: Opposition to minimum marriage age of 15

Lawmakers from the largest opposition bloc in the Bahraini Parliament are opposing setting the minimum marriage age for girls at 15, saying this is against Islamic principles.

Bahrain: Discrimination and sectarian oppression on the rise

The percentage of Shiite representatives in the country's institutions is on the decline. In the year 2003 the figure was 18%; it now stands at 13%.

Bahreïn: Harcèlement de la défenseuse des droits humains Ghada Jamsheer

Front Line est profondément préoccupée suite à la campagne de harcèlement présumée contre la défenseuse des droits humains Ghada Jamsheer, présidente du Women's Petition Committee (WPC).

Bahrain: Harassment of women’s human rights defender, Ghada Jamsheer

Front Line reported, on 17 January 2009, that Ghada Jamsheer, a woman human rights defender in Bahrain, had become the target of a harassment campaign. Ghada Jamsheer and her family have received threats, including many threatening text messages, and have been followed in a car.

Bahrain: Continued harassment of woman human rights defender, Ghada Jamsheer

Front Line has reported that Ghada Jamsheer, a woman human rights defender in Bahrain, has been the target of a harassment campaign.

Bahrain: WPC Statement on International Human Rights Day

A Statement by Women's Petition Committee (Bahrain) on the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Bahrain: Urgent measures required to combat discrimination against women

"The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, a UN monitoring body composed of independent experts, has called on the government of Bahrain to adopt urgent measures to end serious discrimination and violence against women."

Bahrain: 'Indecent outfits' lead to cancellation of women's match

An ominous dressing down from Islamists MPs concerned about "indecent outfits" has forced organisers of an international volleyball tournament to cancel a women's exhibition match.

Bahrain: Abandoned women seek legal redress

Women abandoned by their husbands in Bahrain broke their silence and staged two sit-ins in July to highlight the legal challenges they faced in getting their marriage annulled.