Archive for February 14th, 2010

Prosecutor requests death penalty for 19 acquitted men as court adjourns case to March 28

February 14, 2010
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Prosecutor requests death penalty for 19 acquitted men as court adjourns case to March 28

Bahrain’s public prosecutor on Sunday requested the death penalty for 19 men accused of murdering a policeman but acquitted by the High criminal Court in October. The men had been tried for their alleged role in the death of Majid Asghar Ali Baksh, a 24-year-old Pakistani policeman, in an ambush near Karazakan, a village...
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Kuwait determined to end discrimination against women in the workplace

February 14, 2010
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Kuwait determined to end discrimination against women in the workplace

MP Rola Dashti Kuwait is determined to end discrimination against women in the workplace, a woman lawmaker has said. “Kuwait is keen on improving its laws and rules to eliminate discrimination against women in the workplace,” Rola Dashti has said. “Despite all the difficulties and challenges there has been some positive progress and we...
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Bahrain Journalists Association rejects amendments to Press Law as “insufficient”

February 14, 2010
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Bahrain Journalists Association rejects amendments to Press Law as “insufficient”

Bahrain Journalists Association (BJA) has rejected the draft press law submitted by a parliamentary committee, saying that it failed to meet the aspirations of the media. “We deplore the insistence of the service committee in the lower chamber on a link between the press law and the penal law,” BJA chairman Isa Al Shaiji...
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Born August 3, 1960 in Monastir, Tunisia
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Media career:
  • ABC News (Tunisia)
  • Bahrain Tribune
  • Gulf News
  • Bahrain Television News
Teaching career:
  • Monastir (Tunisia)
  • University of Bahrain
Education
  • MA  Mass Communications, University of Leicester
  • BA  in English & US literature and studies, University of Tunis

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