World-News

By Medea Benjamin

Not only is the U.S. government going ahead with multimillion dollar arms sales to Bahrain, but the tear gas that was about to envelop us came from the good 'ol USA.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30522.htm



Bahrain protest anniversary turns violent

VIDEO

The one year anniversary of Bahrain s suppressed protest movement erupted in clashes as security personnel fanned out through the capital, Manama.

http://bit.ly/zfvi15



Don t Look Away from Bahrain s Revolution

By Ala'a Shehabi

Over the past year, as cameras turned away, the Bahraini regime carried out some of the worst atrocities in its history.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30773.htm



The Grand Prix, Western Hypocrisy and the Gulf States

By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey

Where have Bahrain, Qatar or Saudi Arabia been in terms of human rights? Let us have a look and let us hold the western powers, particularly the FUKUS-Axis (France, UK, US and Israel) to account in their international relations.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31145.htm


From Information Clearing House

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U.S. Renews Military Sales to Bahrain Amid Crackdown
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/14-1



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bahrain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Qatar
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Saudi+Arabia
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=military+sales
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=human+rights
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=hypocri
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=atrociti
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=arms+sales
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=tear+gas
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Medea+Benjamin
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Shehabi
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Timothy+Bancroft-Hinchey

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/31-4



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bahrain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=human+rights+abuse

http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=lpJQKXOtEeKUL8L&s=5eJHIQNnG7JFJUNuFkG&m=epJKKNMwHkIPJ4L



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bahrain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Amnesty+International

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/07/22-10

US to Sell Bahrain $53 Million in Military Equipment Following Brutal Crackdown
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/09/27-3

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U.S. Congress Urged to Reject Arms Sale

More than a dozen U.S. and international human rights and arms control groups are urging Congress to block a proposed 53- million-dollar arms sale to Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet, until it ends its crackdown against the opposition and adopts serious reforms.

http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3887


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bahrain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=human+rights
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Anthony+Newkirk
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jim+Lobe

Modell Bahrain und der 'nationale Dialog'.
http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/34/34986/1.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bahrain

Human rights group says suspected protesters - and doctors and nurses who treated them - have been systematically abused.

http://ind.pn/iyMH4c


From Information Clearing House

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Free Unjustly Imprisoned Bahraini Activists
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/940/709/231/



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bahrain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=abuse
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=torture

A group of lawyers are set to take the United Kingdom to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague over its role in the brutal crackdown of Bahrainis.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/185213.html


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bahrain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=International+Criminal+Court
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=crackdown

By Jacob G. Hornberger

Sometimes it s good to look at foreign dictatorships to see what the president and the U.S. military have done to our country. Consider, for example, the trial of 20 doctors that is currently taking place in Bahrain.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28359.htm



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bahrain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pentagon
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jacob+G.+Hornberger

http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/06/16



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Middle+East
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bahrain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=hypocrisy

Annual report reveals $200mn authorised arms sales to Bahrain, shortly before harsh government crackdown.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/06/2011611144528164171.html



Making the world safe for dictators

US approved $200m of arms to Bahrain: It was more than double the $89m (£55m) approved over the previous US financial year.

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/105771


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Bahrain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=arms+sale