Political Repression In Bahrain

Author : Marc Owen Jones
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108471439
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Repression in Bahrain written by Marc Owen Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From torture to fake news, this book lays out how the Bahrain regime has used political repression and violence to fight social movements.

Author : Ala'a Shehabi
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1783604360
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bahrain's Uprising written by Ala'a Shehabi and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the extensive coverage of the Arab uprisings, the Gulf state of Bahrain has been almost forgotten. Fusing historical and contemporary analysis, Bahrain’s Uprising seeks to fill this gap, examining the ongoing protests and state repression that continues today. Drawing on powerful testimonies, interviews, and conversations from those involved, this broad collection of writings by scholars and activists provides a rarely heard voice of the lived experience of Bahrainis, describing the way in which a sophisticated society, defined by a historical struggle, continues to hamper the efforts of the ruling elite to rebrand itself as a liberal monarchy.

Author : Ala'a Shehabi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783604352
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bahrain's Uprising written by Ala'a Shehabi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the extensive coverage of the Arab uprisings, the Gulf state of Bahrain has been almost forgotten. Fusing historical and contemporary analysis, Bahrain's Uprising seeks to fill this gap, examining the ongoing protests and state repression that continues today. Drawing on powerful testimonies, interviews, and conversations from those involved, this broad collection of writings by scholars and activists provides a rarely heard voice of the lived experience of Bahrainis, describing the way in which a sophisticated society, defined by a historical struggle, continues to hamper the efforts of the ruling elite to rebrand itself as a liberal monarchy.

Author : Human Rights Watch
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 164421122X
Total Pages : 896 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World Report 2022 written by Human Rights Watch and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.

Author : Marc Owen Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197676502
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East written by Marc Owen Jones and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are being lied to by people who don't even exist. Digital deception is the new face of information warfare. Social media has been weaponised by states and commercial entities alike, as bots and trolls proliferate and users are left to navigate an infodemic of fake news and disinformation. In the Persian Gulf and the wider Middle East, where authoritarian regimes continue to innovate and adapt in the face of changing technology, online deception has reached new levels of audacity. From pro-Saudi entities that manipulate the tweets of the US president, to the activities of fake journalists and Western PR companies that whitewash human rights abuses, Marc Owen Jones' meticulous investigative research uncovers the full gamut of tactics used by Gulf regimes and their allies to deceive domestic and international audiences. In an age of global deception, this book charts the lengths bad actors will go to when seeking to impose their ideology and views on citizens around the world.

Author : Alaʾa Shehabi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781350218581
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bahrain's Uprising written by Alaʾa Shehabi and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword : on the prelude to the 14 February uprising / Abdulhadi Khalaf -- Introduction. Bahrain's uprising : the struggle for democracy in the Gulf / Ala'a Shehabi and Marc Owen Jones -- Part one. Voices of the condemned. A trial of thoughts and ideas / Ibrahim Sharif -- God after ten o'clock / 'Ali Al Fallawi -- A room with a view : an eyewitness to the pearl uprising / Tony Mitchell -- Part two. Configuring dissent : charting movements, space, and self-representation in Bahrain. Shifting contours of activism and possibilities for justice in Bahrain / Luck G.G. Bhatia and Ala'a Shehabi -- The many afterlives of Lulu : the story of Bahrain's pearl roundabout / Amal Khalaf -- Tn Tn Ttn and torture in Bahrain : puncturing the spectacle of the 'Arab Spring' / John Horne -- Part three. Suppressing dissent in an acceptable manner : modes of repression, colonial legacies, and institutional violence. On the side of decency and democracy : the history of British-Bahraini relations and transnational contestation / Zoe Holman -- Rotten apples or rotten orchards : police deviance, brutality, and unaccountability in Bahrain / Marc Owen Jones -- Social media, surveillance, and cyberpolitics in the Bahrain uprising / Marc Owen Jones.

Author : Emile Nakhleh
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1461739489
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bahrain written by Emile Nakhleh and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a study of political development in Bahrain during the first five years after its independence in 1971. It is based on field research done by the author as the first senior Fulbright scholar in that country. The book was banned in Bahrain for 30 years but was allowed to be published in Arabic in that country in 2006. The study focuses on the tribal structure of Bahraini society and the rule of a minority Sunni government by al-Khalifa family over a largely disenfranchised Shia majority. To examine the making of the new state, the book analyzes the nature and characteristics of the Bahraini tribal society, the educational system of modern Bahrain, the nature of the political system, and popular demands for participation in decision making. The book also examines the making of the new constitution, the first ever national election to both the Constitutional Assembly and the National Assembly, and the electoral campaigns and candidates. The book also discusses the restrictions on freedoms of speech and assembly, the denial of women the right to vote, the banning of political parties and the role of clubs as surrogate political gathering places, the exclusion of the Shia majority from the economic and political centers of power, and the absence of government accountability and transparency. The February 20ll popular uprising in Bahrain underscores some of the key challenges discussed in the book, especially the autocratic nature of the regime and the urgency of political reform for domestic stability.

Author : Jane Kinninmont
Publisher : Chatham House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781862032682
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bahrain written by Jane Kinninmont and published by Chatham House Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bahrain faces a long-running local dispute about the sharing of power and wealth. Politics have become increasingly polarized along sectarian lines, a trend exacerbated by outside actors. The government has taken some steps to address human rights abuses and to create new mechanisms for the oversight of the security services. However, the effect will depend on the political will invested in them. So far the indications are negative. There is still scope to find common ground between the different elements of Bahraini society in support of a constitutional monarchy, based on a revitalized social contract, not on sect-based power-sharing. There may now be an opportunity to develop a fresh GCC mediation effort in the context of discussions on greater GCC unity. The repression in Bahrain, a Western ally, complicates and hinders the efforts of the US and UK to sketch out a new policy towards a Middle East where demands for democracy have become increasingly vocal.

Author : Joe Stork
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
ISBN 13 : 9781564322180
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routine Abuse, Routine Denial written by Joe Stork and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 1997 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freedom of the Press

Author : Dana M. Moss
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009272152
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arab Spring Abroad written by Dana M. Moss and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-21 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moss presents a new theoretical framework for explaining when anti-authoritarian diaspora movements emerge and become transnational agents of change.