PHR Reiterates Call to Release Imprisoned Medics in Bahrain and Stop Shipment of Tear Gas
PHR today reaffirmed its call to the Bahraini government to immediately release medical professionals who have been wrongfully prisoned and stop the ongoing targeting of the medical community. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - November 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Indian hospital group expands operations in Bahrain
Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), an Indian healthcare services group, has expanded its operations in Bahrain following its acquisition of Medex Medical Centre in Riffa. (Source: Hospital Management)
Source: Hospital Management - September 18, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Special deterrence in the "Ta'zir" crimes (misdemeanors and infractions), and its impact on the offender rehabilitation between Shariah and law in Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain - Al-Lozi AA.
Penalties in Islam were created to preserve people's lives, freedoms, honor, dignity, property and mental health, and to provide a basis for coexistence and stability within the community. The main objective of the Islamic faith is to preserve life. Islam ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 5, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Bahrain Court’s Acquittal of Military Officers Prompts PHR to Renew Its Call for Judicial Reform
Following a Bahraini criminal court’s acquittal this week of two military officers charged with torturing detainees and medical personnel, PHR renews its call for Bahrain’s government to make promised improvements to its justice system, including independent investigations and prosecutions that conform to internationally recognized legal standards of accountability. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - July 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Teargas: a booming market in repressing dissent | Anna Feigenbaum
To weapons companies, Turkish protests sit alongside terrorism as another sales opportunity. It's time to stop the mass poisoningIn the wake of the protests in Turkey, much has been written and said about the iconic "woman in the red dress" pictured in Istanbul's Gezi Park. But there's another story in the photograph that has been circulating around the globe. What do we know about the spray can in the policeman's hand?First developed for domestic markets in the 1920s, teargas dispensers expanded from first world war grenades to a series of other hand-held contraptions. Everything from fountain pens to police batons were d...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - June 7, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Anna Feigenbaum Tags: Comment World news guardian.co.uk Protest Technology UK news Weapons technology UK security and counter-terrorism Turkey Science Comment is free Source Type: news
Chief of Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland defends Bahrain campus
College rejects claims that Bahrain outpost is not fit for accreditation (Source: The Irish Times - Health)
Source: The Irish Times - Health - May 31, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Medical care in the firing line
The objective is to bring about real change on the ground, so that people can access the medical care they need without fear, whoever and wherever they are.
Syria 2013 © Brigitte Breuillac/MSFAn MSF team giving emergency care to a patient wounded in the ongoing Syrian crisis.
The performance and behaviour of health workers themselves – staff involved in management, administration and transportation as well as diagnosis, prevention and treatment – is critical. Securing acceptance for their work from all communities and political and military groups is an essential prerequisite to being able to operate in sensitiv...
Source: MSF News - May 21, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Opinion Frontpage NEWS Source Type: news
Bahrain Appeals Court Decision Corrects Some Injustices, But Others Remain
PHR welcomes a Bahrain appeals court’s decision today to reverse the convictions of 21 health professionals arrested in connection with Arab spring pro-democracy protests in 2011. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - March 28, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Bahrain: Medical Ethics Conference Canceled
MARCH 24, 2013—The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to cancel a conference on medical ethics due to take place in Bahrain in April because of a lack of assurances from authorities, MSF announced today.
The conference was to be held in the Bahraini capital, Manama, April 10–11. Doctors, hospital managers, and decision makers from across the Middle East were to discuss the challenges faced by medical staff in politically unstable contexts, and explore how hospitals can remain secure havens where health workers ca...
Source: MSF News - March 24, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Rights Violations Still Common in Bahrain on Second Anniversary of Protest Movement
Two years after political protests first erupted in Bahrain, the government continues to routinely violate the human rights of protesters, PHR said today. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - February 14, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Eight Medical Professionals Dismissed from Bahrain Ministry of Health
PHR condemns today’s decision by Bahrain’s Ministry of Health to dismiss from their ministry jobs eight medical professionals convicted in connection with providing medical care to protesters during the Arab Spring of 2011. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - January 31, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Bahrain Convictions Provide Welcome — Though Still Rare — Measure of Justice
The recent conviction of two Bahraini intelligence agents in the April 2011 beating death of a Shia businessman provides a welcome dose of justice in that troubled Gulf kingdom, PHR said today. But the seven-year sentences were very lenient, given the severity of the crime, and high-ranking officials who encouraged or condoned such behavior have still never been charged. (Source: PHR Press Releases)
Source: PHR Press Releases - January 4, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Smoke-free air policies need to be monitored: No level of exposure to second-hand smoke is safe
20 March 2012 WHO urges governments to protect the public from exposure to second-hand smoke by implementing 100% smoke-free air policies in all enclosed public places. This was a key recommendation of a report released today that measured levels of “second-hand smoke” in countries of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region. In its call to action, WHO recommended that implementation of smoke-free laws in enclosed places be supported by monitoring compliance and providing guidelines for enforcement officials.
The WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean collaborated with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Publi...
Source: WHO EMRO - Press releases - May 2, 2012 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
