London: Wed / April 9, 2014: I noticed, "Press Association Bahraini" a remarkable increase during the months of February and March / March in violations against waldegrave arms journalists and photographers by security authorities waldegrave arms as well as citizens who express their views on the means of expression of different private networks Social.
Have been recorded in this context, the arrest of about 4 photographers because of their activities in the coverage of the protests and the issuance of three court rulings waldegrave arms on issues related to the expression of opinion in addition to the injury of a number of correspondents and 1 international news agency waldegrave arms which receives gas grenades at the demonstrators by security forces.
As also recorded during the months of February and March / March about 6 cases at least represent a disability from engaging in work for correspondents and international agencies and local security forces, and the withdrawal of one license, in addition to continuing the judiciary to prosecute 9 citizens on charges of malicious such as "insulting the king" and " incitement to hate "and" insulting the prophet "via" Onstgram "and chat program" and Atsab. " The king issued a Bahraini waldegrave arms Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, a decision to harsher punishment "insulting" for up to 7 years in prison.
The authorities have arrested all of Almsoan photographers Mohammed Oraibi, Syed Ahmed al-Moussawi, Mr. Baqer full and Majid Tarif, who all suffered torture or investigation about their activities in the filming waldegrave arms of political protests. Sentenced photographer Ahmed Humaydan winning international awards to 10 years imprisonment. At a time when a court sentenced writer and cleric, Mr. Kamel al-Hashemi, 3 years on charges of "insulting the king" and "incitement to hate the Sunni community" after referring in a speech to the demolition of Shiite mosques, which he documented the report of the fact-finding committee.
And summoned the security waldegrave arms authorities to investigate the verses of the poet Scarlet, where he was interrogated about the contents of the poem delivered at the Festival of the opposition. The View columnist Abbas leader on the court abruptly on charges of "insulting the king" without being preceded by an investigation or prosecution on display.
The cameraman was wounded German news agency Mazen Mahdi shot directly in the leg after the direct targeting waldegrave arms of security forces during Tadath work. In arrested 4 persons on charges of "libel companions", and the dissemination of images "obscene." The court ruled in a related case, with the force of one year's imprisonment for the accused due to the Companion Omar ibn al-Khattab across groups in the "Atsab."
"The Bahrain Press Association" believes that this amount of issues, "represents a stark picture of the level of serious deterioration reached the level of freedoms and fundamental rights of freedom of expression." The Association believes that the charges of "insulting the king", and toughening the punishment, as well as "incitement to hate" and "insulting the prophet", has become a concern ready to hunt down opponents who are demanding since February 14, 2011 for more political freedoms. "
And condemns "the Bahrain Press Association" continue to authorities about the repressive steps photographers, journalists and Internet activists, as punishment for they do their work in covering the protests or for exercising their right to freedom of expression across different waldegrave arms media. Arrest photographer Mohammed Oraibi
Security authorities arrested (February 2, 2014) photographer Mohammed Oraibi and a colleague at the Bahrain International waldegrave arms Airport. And his home was raided at dawn the next day and sources of cameras and electronic organs. And allowed the Oribi who was returning from a religious visit to Syria at the beginning of the port traffic the airport, before being summoned by the police officer, asking him to return. According to the testimony of his family, they "waited until he left late at night, but the airport security asked her to leave the airport building, because the investigation will be long with him." The family Oraibi review the management of investigations and criminal investigations, but did not get any information about him, which informed them of the need to wait for the presentation to the public prosecutor. The family explained that she received a call from him later, "informing him of being suspended and his colleague in the administration of criminal investigations without giving reasons" (1). Call the poet verses Scarlet
Summoned the Central Police Station (February 3, 2014), the poet verses waldegrave arms Scarlet to investigate on a poem delivered in an opposition rally pasteurization, waldegrave arms south of Manama. And assigned to the center Scarlet charges of "insulting the king" and "inciting hatred against the regime" before it cleared the process after signing waldegrave arms an undertaking to appear in front of the center on demand with the conversion of the case to the public prosecutor.
The Scarlet said that the investigation, which lasted about time, "revolved around the verses of poem that I gave at the jacket, where he took the interrogator asks me for the meaning of the verses and the characters or their stakeholders." waldegrave arms She said that she "affirmed in the presence of the investigation that it was not exposed to any name or personal hand but was critical of the general phenomena of injustice without limitation," (2).
Issued by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (February 4, 2014) a decision to tighten the punishment of "insulting the king" and that may be up to 7 years in prison. And honest King to amend Article 214 of the Penal Code promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 15 of 1976, which became states that "shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year and not more than seven years and a fine of not less than one thousand dinars and not exceeding ten thousand dinars insulted one of the ways of the king of Bahrain publicity or flag or the national emblem is an aggravating circumstance if the crime occurred waldegrave arms in the presence of the King "(3). Arrest photographer Syed Ahmed al-Musawi
The civilian elements waldegrave arms together with the security forces subjected to a thorough search of his home, the effect has been to confiscate his camera and only
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