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Articles from Bahrain

  1. Trade union rights are human rights 10 October 2011

    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.

    Bahrain: UN concerned about court sentences for teacher leaders
  2. Trade union rights are human rights 26 September 2011

    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...

    Bahrain: EI demands release of teacher leader on hunger strike
  3. Union growth 11 August 2011

    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...

    Bahrain: EI calls for detained teachers to be released
  4. Trade union rights are human rights 8 August 2011

    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
  5. Trade union rights are human rights 18 July 2011

    Bahrain: Serious assault on teachers’ rights

    EI has condemned the decision of Bahrain’s Ministry of Social Development to dissolve the Bahrain Teachers’ Association (BTA) and to prosecute its leaders in a military court on spurious charges of ‘leaving work on purpose, encouraging others to do so, and taking part in illegal gatherings.’

    Bahrain: Serious assault on teachers’ rights
  6. Union growth 27 May 2011

    Trade unions protest against anti-union crackdown in Bahrain

    A delegation of international, European and Belgian trade unions, including Education International (EI), delivered a letter of protest to the Bahrain Embassy in Brussels on 26 May to condemn the on-going attacks on the trade unionists in Bahrain. Embassy officials refused to give an audience to the delegation led by...

    Trade unions protest against anti-union crackdown in Bahrain
  7. Union growth 7 April 2011

    Bahrain: continued anti-union repression and reprisal against strikers

    Education International (EI) is deeply concerned that workers and their trade union representatives in Bahrain are facing a wave of coercive violence and massive dismissals, in apparent reprisal for their participation in legitimate strikes and protest actions for democratic change.

    Bahrain: continued anti-union repression and reprisal against strikers
  8. Union growth 28 March 2011

    Teacher unions under attack in Bahrain and Yemen

    While teacher unions are determined to continue to voice demands for more freedom and rights in the region, EI keeps receiving worrying reports about attacks against teachers and unionists.

    Teacher unions under attack in Bahrain and Yemen
  9. Trade union rights are human rights 17 March 2011

    Bahrain: University students attacked as violence escalates

    EI has condemned the suspension of higher education in Bahrain as the brutal repression of pro-democracy protesters demanding political reforms within the kingdom continues.

    Bahrain: University students attacked as violence escalates