Articles from Bahrain
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Trade union rights are human rights 2012-05-04 Bahrain: BTA court case postponed for fourth time to 30 May
EI has learned that the Supreme Criminal Appeals Court has adjourned the case of Mahdi Issa Abu Dheeb and Jalila Al-Salman, from the Bahraini Teachers Association (BTA), to 30 May, and refused to release Mahdi on bail once more. Both were arrested after a crackdown by authorities following pro-democracy demonstrations.
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Union growth 2012-04-26 EI pleads with Bahraini government officials to respect human and trade union rights
In a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Bahrain, Shaikh Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, and the Minister of Labour, Jameel Humaidan, EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen has requested that the dissolution of the Bahraini Teachers’ Association (BTA) in 2011 be lifted and that its leaders be released...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2012-03-30 Bahrain: Decision on Mahdi Abu Dheeb’s release deferred
Following Mahdi Abu Dheeb’s appeal hearing on 2 April, EI has learned that a decision about the release of the Bahraini Teachers’ Association (BTA) President has been postponed to 2 May.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2012-03-26 Bahrain: Academic freedom under threat
Every week, Education International receives anxious requests from Bahraini students, parents and academics alarmed about the on-going infringements of academic freedom and human rights directed at professors, students, and staff at higher education institutions in Bahrain.
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Union growth 2012-03-21 Bahrain: Teacher leaders still detained
After two previous postponements, the Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeal has scheduled a new hearing of the case of Bahraini Teachers’ Association leaders Mahdi Abu Dheeb and Jalila Al Salman on 2 April. Both were arrested in April 2011 after a crackdown by authorities following pro-democracy demonstrations.
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Union growth 2012-02-23 Bahrain: Mahdi Abu Dheeb denied release on bail yet again
The Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeal has once more turned down Bahrain Teacher Association’s president Mahdi Abu Dheeb’s request for temporary release because of health reasons.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2012-02-15 Bahrain: Teacher leader on hunger strike
Mahdi Abu Dheeb, the imprisoned president of Bahrain's Teachers’ Association, has begun a hunger strike to protest about his unfair detention and continued ill-treatment in prison.
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Union growth 2012-02-02 Bahrain: Help free trade union leader Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb!
EI has launched a campaign to urge the Bahraini authorities to immediately release on bail Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb, President of the Bahraini Teachers Association (BTA), given his deteriorating health condition. This campaign is organised in partnership with LabourStart, an online news service aiming to serve the international trade...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2011-12-14 Bahrain: Appeal of teacher union leaders postponed
The appeal of Bahrain Teacher Association (BTA) leaders, Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi Abu Dheeb, has been postponed to 19 February, in order to be able to include the recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) report. This postponement will effectively prolong the detention of Mahdi Abu Dheeb, the...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2011-12-09 Bahrain: EI launches a new Urgent Action Appeal
Education International (EI) has launched a new Urgent Action Appeal on Bahrain, calling on its member organisations to contact their national government as well as the Bahraini diplomatic representations in their country to urge the Bahraini authorities to review the charges and convictions and commute sentences of all teachers, teacher...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2011-11-23 Bahrain: The international teacher trade union movement shows solidarity
EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, recently visited the Kingdom of Bahrain, in order to get first-hand impressions of the situation in a country that has seen severe mistreatment of teachers in the past months, following “Arab Spring”-inspired upheavals throughout the middle eastern state.
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Union growth 2011-10-25 Bahrain: Teacher leaders under threat of torture
EI has relaunched its Urgent Action Appeal on Bahrain. bahraini teachers fear for the safety of their leaders, after the heavy-handed arrest of their vice president Jalila al-Salman.
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Union growth 2011-10-18 Bahrain: Education union leader calls for international solidarity
Jalila Al-Salman, Vice-President of the EI-affiliated Bahraini Teachers’ Association (BTA), has called on the international community to support teachers’ legitimate struggle for human and trade unions rights.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2011-10-14 Bahrain: Union leader moved to Jaw prison
Education International has been informed that the Bahraini Teachers Association's (BTA) president, Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb (49 years of age) has been transferred to Jaw prison, Bahrain’s only men's prison, on October 12.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2011-10-10 Bahrain: UN concerned about court sentences for teacher leaders
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has voiced concern at the harsh sentences handed down by a military court to the two leaders of the EI Bahraini teacher association, 20 medical staff and at least 32 other individuals.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2011-09-26 Bahrain: EI demands release of teacher leader on hunger strike
Education International has joined other trade unions and human rights groups to demand that the authorities in Bahrain release the leaders of the Bahraini Teachers’ Association (BTA) from prison. The BTA President, Mahdi Abu Dheeb, and Vice President, Jalila al-Salman, were sentenced to ten and three years’ imprisonment on 25...
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Union growth 2011-08-11 Bahrain: EI calls for detained teachers to be released
Education International has issued a new appeal to Bahraini authorities to release Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb, Vice-President and President of the Bahraini Teachers Association (BTA) arrested along with several other board members of the BTA. Education International (EI) issued a first Urgent Action Appeal in April...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2011-08-08 Bahrain: EI demands release of detained teachers
EI and Amnesty International are calling for the release of Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb, two members of the Bahrain Teachers' Association (BTA) who were arrested during the unrest in March and April 2011. They remain incarcerated awaiting trial in a civilian court, which has been postponed...
Bahrain: EI demands release of detained teachers