Comments on: Tortured Bahraini Women Show Why U.S. Arms Sale Must Stop

By: Noora

Noora — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:43:05 +0000

In response to Toby, your solution is based on an ignorance of Bahraini life. Shiis and Sunnis have worked, studied, befriended, and married each other for as long as Bahrain has been a country. Multiculturism is part of the Bahraini identity, remove a part of it and it would no longer be the same nation. The issue comes when some people look to a theocracy and want to implement the same where the rest do not agree.
The Bahraini government places no restrictions on religious rights, rights to rally, gather, mourn, teach etc. for any form of belief. So I can not help but wonder, if these people, for ex. the Al Wefaq Islamic Society, want to ban alcohol, or to deprive women of their rights (as they did when voting against the family law which now only applies to half of society), why can’t they do it in their own homes instead of forcing their views on the whole population? Isn’t THAT democracy? The culture and values in Bahrain have not evolved to an advanced liberal stage permitting true democracy (whoever is in power), but through the free education and through national dialogue which teaches respect for all, it should be moving in that direction.
To Address the cases of the nurse and teacher, I do not need to restate the illegal acts they conducted that endangered the lives of citizen by preventing access to the only public hospital and by leading children into dangerous protests.
As for the attack on Jalila’s house, why do security men need masks, and why can’t they just get a warrant? With no proof, this is hard for me to believe, and you all should not be so gullible either.

By: غلي بربر اتعقث فثا سلا

غلي بربر اتعقث فثا سلا — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:43:53 +0000

to hate toward the gay community. The campaign is spearheaded by Freedom and Roam Uganda (FARUG) and a coalition of some 30 other organizations. The four-month campaign will engage civil society, political leaders, religious leaders, and the general public in dialogue about hatred and its physical and psychological manifestations.

The campaign was launched despite a break-in at FARUG’s headquarters earlier that same week. Kampala police initially refused to go to the crime scene but the organization’s lawyers stood up to this injustice, getting the police to open an investigation and take fingerprints at the office.

After the burglary at FARUG’s office, Human Rights First issued a call to the Ugandan police chief, asking him to personally oversee the investigation:

Dear Major General Kayihura:

I write to express my deep concern about the recent news of a burglary at the office of Freedom and Roam Uganda (FARUG). According to news reports, the police were late in getting to the crime scene. However, an investigation was ultimately opened and the crime scene analyzed by forensics experts. FARUG staff estimate that the burglars stole 5 computers, 2 printers, a server, a microwave, and various documents, including the members’ electronic database which includes the names of the organization’s members.

I urge you to personally oversee the investigation into the burglary and ensure that all perpetrators are located and brought to justice. If the perpetrators purposely targeted FARUG because of its work to protect the rights of LGBTI individuals, their possession of the oranization’s electronic database put individual members at risk. I urge the police to give high priority to this investigation and to stay true to your motto of “protect and serve” by guaranteeing protection to the members of Freedom and Roam Uganda and other rights activists who may be threatened by further violence and attacks.

More than 4,100 individuals have signed our petition to the police chief, and we hope that these signatures will help ensure that the crime does not go unpunished. We still don’t know if the robbery and another attempted break-in were meant to silence the work of organizations fighting for the rights of LGBTI Ugandans. However, FARUG and its executive director Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera assure us that their struggle will continue

By: غلي بربر اتعقث فثا سلا

غلي بربر اتعقث فثا سلا — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:40:17 +0000

December 24, 2011 at 5:13 am
The solution as I see it is simple. Cunningham and the moaning stooge Janahi might also go for this as it would offer them a way out of having their corporate I$lam challenged by traditional elements.

Why don’t all shias in Bahrain get deported to Iran?
That’s several hundred thousand, roughly speaking.

Then in turn, Iran can deport it’s 10 or so million sunnis (mostly uneducated Kurds, Turks and Arabs) and dump them in the priceless streets outside the City Centre Mall.

I think it’s a square deal. Rubbish? Well maybe, but not nearly as Cunningham’s condescending remarks that shias are being groomed by Iran to cause an upset. Even the government sponsored inquiry into the events detailed an absence of Iranian involvement in the recent uprising.

By: FMB

FMB — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:49:03 +0000

Some DOCTORS used the HOSPITAL as a base for political agenda to try to overthrow the government or at least to instigate political tension to undermine the government. The hospital was taken under siege. I am sick and tired of protesters lying to the media. The government is putting these people on trial as normal citizens would be tried for violating the country’s laws. Just because they are doctors does not mean they are immune to the legal system.

By: Toby

Toby — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:13:08 +0000

The solution as I see it is simple. Cunningham and the moaning stooge Janahi might also go for this as it would offer them a way out of having their corporate I$lam challenged by traditional elements.

Why don’t all shias in Bahrain get deported to Iran?
That’s several hundred thousand, roughly speaking.

Then in turn, Iran can deport it’s 10 or so million sunnis (mostly uneducated Kurds, Turks and Arabs) and dump them in the priceless streets outside the City Centre Mall.

By: cunningham

cunningham — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:43:27 +0000

The shia want a Bahrain only for the shia… They want an islamic republic of bahrain and to be a protectorate of Iran. On a daily basis, they are terrorizing the peace-loving majority of Bahrain. They have “destroyed” a wonderful peaceful island which had a thriving economy and development. They have worked hard in destroying the fine reputation of Bahrain through the International media whom are only too willing to support them in order to sensationalize their news reports. The recent terrorist activities of the shia which have recently drawn international attention via the gutter-yellow-media, began on the 14th February 2011; but, in reality, they have been going on since 1995 and have been backed by Iran who has been grooming the “shia mullas” (so-called religious leaders)in Bahrain and financially supporting them to brain-wash their flock since 1981. For thirty decades this has been in the planning. The “so-called” human rights organizations have been high-jacked by these terrorists. They want Bahrain ONLY for the shia…

By: Abdul Jabbar

Abdul Jabbar — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:15:00 +0000

I wish there was a human rights team in bahrain in the recent years, there is no such rule in terms of discrimination ive seen in bahrain. there might be but none of them are properly heard by a normal man. In this case… how can teachers very commonly discriminate in students because of their ethnicity and roots,30% of the people in bahrain are naturalized, what about their human rights.. and hello what about the human right that a person is being naturalized in 25 years or more and not in 5 years as most of the european and western countries.

being naturalized at the end of one’s lifespan.. whats the point?

human rights out there, please help us in spreading the very basic rights of a naturalized citizen at least if the citizen is being discriminated.

By: M A Janahi

M A Janahi — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:45:04 +0000

I have just been told by a teacher what an ex principal of a school did to a blind child simply because she is of Syrian decent. She was calling her names and describing her in very derogory terms because (1) she is not a shia and (2) cause
she is naturalised. this principal was on
e of hundreds of techers and personnel involved in teaching institutes who were followers of Jamila AlSalman and Mahdi AbuDeeb who are the heads of teachers association.
All Bahrainis who are citizens by birth or citizens by naturalization were called abusive names and were discriminated against simply because they did not fit the mold that was accepted by Jalila and her boss.
Now she is claiming she was tortured and taken away by Ninjas in the middle of the night. Where was her conscientious when she broke the heart of disabled children simply because they are different.

By: M A Janahi

M A Janahi — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:42:59 +0000

No one wants a teacher to be arrested. No one wants a tyrent be provided with arms. But only if the teacher was actually teaching and tyrent was actually what is claimed to be. Ms Jalila was coericng children to engage in activities that are far from learning. She and teachers whom followed her encouraged young children to strike, leave their classes, facilitated their transfer to the ex GCC roundabout to shout political slogans. She endangored their lives and changed the course of their future by involving them in activities far from their studies. Most of these kids were 5 to 15 year old children. I call that total irresponsibility and selfishness. In addition the regieme they are calling tyrent is one that is providing us with free education & health. Its subsidising our main food & consumable items. Sure it can do more & better. Sure its not a perfect society but its our home and we will not agree to exchange it even with a developed country. Democracy calls for responsibility & accountability & right for all to live & let live.

By: Marc Jayson Climaco

Marc Jayson Climaco — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:13:22 +0000

Great point, Gia. The good thing is that there’s been an outcry here in the US against the arms sale and our voices are being heard by Congress. We just need to convince more people.