Al-Akhbar | May 16, 2013
Prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab has been removed from his cell to an unknown location, losing all contact with his family and lawyer, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights reported Wednesday.
In an appeal sent out by the human rights group, Rajab had reportedly witnessed prisoners at the central Jaw prison being tortured.
By Sharmine Narwani – Al-Akhbar – 2013-05-13
The Middle East is treading water these days. Two years of rhetoric about ousting dictators, revolution, freedom, honor, dignity, and democracy – without result – has people on edge, their disillusionment now demanding an outlet.
There are no outlets though. Sensing the fast-growing disenchantment with undelivered promises, even the “bright new leaders” are tightening the reins and demanding compliance.
RT | May 12, 2013
UK spy technology was used against British citizen in Bahrain, new evidence filed in a UK high court has claimed. Activists are calling for a judicial review of the UK’s failure to hold firms accountable for sales of spy software to repressive regimes.
By Kevin Gosztola | Fire Dog Lake | May 6, 2013
With neoconservatives and neoliberals amplifying calls for US military intervention in Syria, it is worthwhile to take a moment and consider all the places in the world, where the US currently has forces engaged in daily operations.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Transformation
May 2, 2013
Deputy Commander Visits Bahrain, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates
Written by Robin Michelle Barnett
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General Bieniek…encouraged Bahrain to develop the Individual Partnerships Cooperation Programme (IPCP), an entry level programme available to all partners.
NATO’s Worldwide Expansion in the Post-Cold World Era
Rick Rozoff
One of the most significant developments of the post-Cold War era, and certainly the most ominous, is the transformation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a military bloc created by the United States during the genesis of the Cold War in 1949, into one that has grown to encompass the entirety of Europe, has expanded military partnerships throughout the world and has waged war on three continents.
U.S. Department of Defense
April 26, 2013
Eagle Resolve Promotes Gulf Region Cooperation, Interoperability
By Donna Miles
As FI begins in Bahrain, in an attempt to normalise the al-Khalifa regime, it is worth remembering that Western, and particularly British complicity in torture and repression in Bahrain goes back a long way. Here is a film from Carlton called “Blind Eye to the Butcher” from 2002: Ian Henderson died on Sunday 14th April […]
