Information about the National Action Charter Monument

Posted Sun, 02/14/2010 - 13:57

Manama, Feb. 14 (BNA) The National Charter Monument is the vision of a king and the story of a nation. It celebrates the evolution of democracy in Bahrain, from the early days to the present, and well into the future. It is a Monument built by the people of Bahrain, for which hundreds were consulted — from the highest in the land to everyday Bahrainis: men, women, and children.

BAHRAIN HUMAN RIGHTS ACHIEVEMENTS PRAISED

Posted Tue, 01/19/2010 - 22:44

MANAMA, JAN. 19, (BNA) BAHRAIN'S LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL SITUATION IS ASSURING AS THE KINGDOM IS CLIMBING UP THE LADDER OF DEMOCRACY WITH CONSTANT AND BALANCED STEPS, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ARAB HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS UNION SHABIB AL MALIKI AFFIRMED.

BAHRAIN PARLIAMENT AND UNDP SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT

Posted Sun, 11/01/2009 - 20:40

MANAMA, NOV. 1, (BNA) SHURA COUNCIL AND PARLIAMENT CHAIRMEN ALI BIN SALEH AL SALEH AND KHALIFA AL DHAHRANI STRESSED THE NEED FOR COOPERATION AMONG PARTIES WORKING FOR STRONGER DEMOCRACY WHILE ADAPTING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO THE SERVICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE POWER.

SHURA AND RC STATEMENT ON CEKLEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY DEMOCRACY

Posted Mon, 09/14/2009 - 17:25

MANAMA, SEPT. 14 (BNA) THE SHURA AND REPRESENTATIVES COUNCILS HAVE TAKEN PRIDE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRACTICES, REFORMS AND MODERNIZATION INITIATED BY HIS MAJESTY KING HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA.

BIPD TO HOLD SECOND RAMADHAN SEMINAR

Posted Fri, 08/28/2009 - 15:21

MANAMA, AUGUST 28 (BNA) PART OF ITS POLITICAL CULTURE PROGRAM OF THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADHAN , THE BAHRAIN INSTITUTE FOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT (BIPD) WILL ORGANIZE A SECOND SEMINAR ON CULTURE OF DEMOCRACY.

Sordid reality behind Dubai’s gilded facade

Posted Sun, 07/19/2009 - 16:18

Construction halted, westerners jailed for adultery – but prostitutes do well

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By Rod Liddle
Andrew Blair says he will pick me up from outside my sleaze-bucket of a hotel, give it 20 minutes or so, got some work to finish off. He has a job again, contracts apparently “coming out of his ears”, which is good, because until recently he had earned a certain notoriety for not having a job and, more to the point, for the manner in which he went about finding a new one. He drove around Dubai, back in January this year, from the plug-ugly creek to the plug-ugly marina, in his white Porsche, with a sign in the back window saying he wanted a job; vroom vroom he went, gizza job. Scratch scratch scratch went the keys and coins along the side of his car whenever it was parked up.Read more

Why Arab Regimes Are Cheering Iran’s Crack-Down

Posted Fri, 06/26/2009 - 08:30

How quickly, how cravenly they fold. Earlier this year Bahrain got into a spat over an old Iranian claim that Bahrain has historically belonged to Iran. An Iranian partisan of Ali Khamenei, the “supreme leader” busily bashing heads these days, repeated the claim publicly, sending Bahrain’s governments into apoplectic fits and drawing threats of severing energy deals. It got bad enough that even Morocco got into the act, blaming Iran for meddling with Bahrain’s sovereignty.

Democracy's stalker: In the Middle East, repression is the default setting of almost every regime. (Abid Katib/Getty Images)

Democracy's stalker: In the Middle East, repression is the default setting of almost every regime. (Abid Katib/Getty Images)Read more