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The Society seeks to play its role in consolidating the principles of human rights in the kingdom, at both the thought and practice levels. It endeavors to stop and eradicate all effects of any violation of those rights, and to guarantee non-discrimination between citizens on the basis of race, language, religion, sex or opinion.
Another objective of the Society is to contribute towards raising the standards of democratic practice in the Kingdom, to form an integrated and balanced model, based on the spread of freedoms, guarantee of political pluralism, respect for the rule of law and to guarantee the right to political, civil, economic, social and cultural development.
Consolidation of the principles of human rights in the Kingdom inspired by the message of all divine faiths, the values of human heritage, the Kingdom’s Constitution, the rules and concepts of the National Action Charter and the principles adopted by international covenants and conventions.
Strive for membership of the Kingdom in regional and international conventions and agreements concerning human rights.
Human Rights News:
The National Human Rights Authority (NHRA)
Manama, April 25. (BNA) His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today issued Royal Order 16 for 2010 forming the National Human Rights Authority (NHRA) under the chairmanship of Salman Al Sayyed Ali Kamel Al Din and membership of:
1.First Deputy Chairman Dr.Isa Ahmed Joma'a Al Khayyat .
2.Second Deputy Chairman Dr.Fadhila Tahar Hassan Al Mahrrous.
3.Faisal Fulad .
4.Dr.Ahmed Abdulla Farhan Thani.
5.Alice Thomas Yussef Sama'an .(Bahraini Christian)
6.Dr.Jassim Hussain Al Ajmi .
7.Hassan Moussa Ghulam Al Shufai.
8.Khalid Abdulla Ahmed Al Khaja.
9.Rabab Abdul Nabi Salim Al Arayadh.
10.Tareq Jaleel Mohammed Al Saffar .
11.Dr.Aisha Salim Mubarak .
12.Dr.Abdulrahman Aqeel Janahi.
13.Abdul Ghaffar Abdul Hussain Abdulla.
14.Dr.Abdulla Ahmed Isa Isa Al Dirazi .
15.Abdulla Faisal Al Dusary .
16.Aqeel Khaleel Ibrahim Al Siwar.
17.Ali Abdulla Ali Al Aradi.
18.Ibrahim Dawood Ibrahim Nonoo. (Bahraini Jews)
19.Dr.Mohammed Ali Al Ansari
20.Maryam Adhabi Shamlan Al Jalahma.
21.munira Isa Saleh bin Hindi.
22.Yussef Isa Yussef Al Hashimi.
According to the Order, the appointees will serve for four years (2010 - 2014).
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Rights issues focus of visit
BAHRAINI activists will raise their complaints at the highest level during a meeting with the United Nations (UN) human rights chief in Manama this evening.
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2- Protect their rights!
3-Dear all,
Yesterday April the 7th we celebrated the second anniversary of the Universal Periodic Review. This new mechanism started exactly two years ago its first session with the review of Bahrain and Ecuador. 112 States and more than 9,000 recommendations later, the UPR is one country at a time, step by step, working to "promote and protect human rights in the darkest corners of the world".
Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society(BHRWS)hope Bahrain to implementing her UPR recconnendations.
BAHRAIN DATE OF REVIEW:
7 April 2008 - 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
UPR document:List of all recommendations made to Bahrein and its responses to them.
Best regards,
Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society(BHRWS)
Monitoring Bahrain, Promoting Human Right
Kingdom of Bahrain
www.bhrws.org
info@bhrws.org
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