Redesigning Doha: The lowdown on Qatar Building | Qatar is just about the richest country on earth, and it’s looking to completely rebuild itself over the next 10 years or so. Roxane McMeeken went there and found a land where the work is plentiful, but, shall we say, not without its difficulties … | ‘Doing business here is like picking low-...
Rights Watchdog Says Bahrain Police Using Torture CBS News Human Rights Watch Report Accuses Bahrain Government Of Torturing Detainees To Suppress Unrest | Font size Print E-mail Share | (AP) | (AP) Previous slide Next slide (AP) MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - After abolishing torture more than 10 years ago, Bahrain...
Rights watchdog says Bahrain police using torture Newsvine MANAMA — After abolishing torture more than 10 years ago, Bahrain's security services are once more resorting to the practice to extract confessions from detainees, including many Shiite protesters, said a report released Monday by an internati...
HRW: Bahrain has resumed torturing detainees Middle East Online | DUBAI - The Gulf kingdom of Bahrain resumed torturing detainees in 2007 after about a decade of not engaging in the "scourge," US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Monday. | As of late 2007, "torture is back in the repertoire...
Bahrain: End Torture of Security Suspects Human Rights | (Manama) - Bahrain needs to take urgent steps to end torture and ill-treatment of security suspects during interrogation, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The government should promptly investigate all torture allegations and p...
Haiti - The Broken Wing Medialens | It matters that the media have lavished so much attention on the aftermath of Haiti's January 12 earthquake. The coverage has helped inspire people around the world to give of their time, energy and money in responding to the disaster. On the Democ...
U.S. wants Iran sanctions in weeks; embassies attacked The Star | TEHRAN (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday that the United States wanted a U.N. Security Council resolution "within weeks" to tackle Iran's nuclear programme as Iran said it had begun making higher-grade nuclear fuel. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2nd L) visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, 350 km (217 miles) south of Tehr...
