Full Coverage: Bahrain
04/02/2007
Bahrain has launched a major campaign to bring religious leaders into the fight against AIDS. The number of cases reported in Arab countries has gone up by 300% in the past three years.
Read moreFrom: kaisernetwork.org (Kaiser Family Foundation) |
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06/27/2006
With the news to have the smart card compulsory by next month, Bahrain is just one step away from a completely digitised economy. The law making smart card mandatory will make the Kingdom ahead of many countries in the region to switch over to the new digital economy.
Read moreRelated: [ICT] [Governance] |
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06/19/2006
Bahrain's government moved into the hi-tech age yesterday with the launch of Bab Al Bahrain website. It will link all government ministries and help speed up services to citizens via the Internet.
Read moreRelated: [ICT] [Governance] |
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06/12/2006
Mona Jassem Al Kawari, a Bahraini lawyer, welcomed her appointment as the first woman judge in Bahrain as "a historic day".
Read moreFrom: Feminist Majority Foundation |
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01/30/2006
Bahrain will introduce e-voting technology in its next election. Election and referendum director Shaikha Muneera bint Abdulla Al Khalifa described the e-voting in Bahrain as a genuine experiment of democratic transformation to the horizons of the 21st century.
Read moreRelated: [Asia and the Pacific] [Middle East] [ICT] [Governance] |
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09/21/2005
An electronic records and database system was launched at Bahrain’s Chamber of Deputies.The system, which will replace a manual programme, is a turning point in the Chamber’s legislative and administration operations.
Read moreRelated: [ICT] [Governance] |
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08/17/2004
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From: Amnesty International USA Related: [Civil Rights] [Terrorism] |
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10/25/2002
Women were allowed to run for national office and vote in Bahrain's parliamentary elections yesterday for the first time.
Read moreFrom: Feminist Majority Foundation Related: [Gender] [Democracy] |
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09/24/2002
Kuwait and Bahrain have become the latest countries to voice support for the creation of an international fund to promote science and technology in the Muslim World.
Read moreFrom: SciDev.Net Related: [Kuwait] [Religion] [Science] |
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04/23/2002
Monen Lähi-idän arabimaan kansalaiset vaativat yhä äänekkäämmin sotilaallisia toimia Israelia vastaan, mutta ajatus on mahdoton kyseisten maiden hallituksille. Syynä on asiantuntijoiden mukaan se, että ne ovat sekä sotilaallisesti että taloudellisesti Yhdysvaltain tiukassa otteessa.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service Related: [Israel] [Jordan] [Kuwait] [Qatar] [Saudi Arabia] [United Arab Emirates] [Conflict] Image: Lähi-Idän konflikti © Guardian Unlimited
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02/13/2001
The release of most of Bahrain's political prisoners before this week's referendum on political reforms has been welcomed by Human Rights Watch, which also commended the encouragement of public debate around the proposed reforms.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Human Rights] [Freedom of Expression] [Politics] |
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12/18/2000
Hundreds of Bangladeshi women sent to work as home helpers in Gulf nations each year are abused and exploited by unscrupulous employers, say rights groups.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service Related: [Bangladesh] [Gabon] [Kuwait] [Qatar] [Saudi Arabia] [United Arab Emirates] [Labor] [Migration] [Gender] |
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07/04/2000
A British colonel accused of torture while running Bahrain's secret police retired abruptly yesterday from his post as an adviser to the island's interior ministry.
Read moreFrom: Guardian Unlimited Related: [United Kingdom] [Human Rights] [Security] |
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01/12/2000
British authorities have launched an investigation into allegations of torture made against the former head of Bahrain's security service.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [United Kingdom] [Human Rights] [Justice and Crime] |
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07/09/1999
A 62-year-old Shi'a religious leader and outspoken critic of Bahrain's government has been convicted at a state security court on charges of spying and treason.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Justice and Crime] |



