“Jasmine Revolution”
Symbol of peace: Flowers placed on the barrel of a tank
in very much calmer protests than in recent days in Tunisia

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011
Mannoubia Bouazizi, the mother of Tunisian street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi. "Mohammed suffered a lot. He worked hard. but when he set fire to himself, it wasn’t about his scales being confiscated. It was about his dignity." (Peter Hapak for TIME)

1 - TUNISIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


How eyepatches became a symbol of Egypt's revolution - Graffiti depicting a high ranking army officer with an eye patch Photograph: Nasser Nasser/ASSOCIATED PRESS

2 - EGYPT Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


''17 February Revolution"

3 - LIBYA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

5 - SYRIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

"25 January Youth Revolution"
Muslim and Christian shoulder-to-shoulder in Tahrir Square
"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) -
(Subjects: Egypt Uprising, Iran/Persia Uprising, Peace in Middle East without Israel actively involved, Muhammad, "Conceptual" Youth Revolution, "Conceptual" (without a manager hierarchy) managed Businesses, Internet, Social Media, News Media, Google, Bankers, Global Unity,..... etc.)
"The End of History" – Nov 20, 2010 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll)
(Subjects:Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Muhammad, Jesus, God, Jews, Arabs, EU, US, Israel, Iran, Russia, Africa, South America, Global Unity,..... etc.) (Text version)

"If an Arab and a Jew can look at one another and see the Akashic lineage and see the one family, there is hope. If they can see that their differences no longer require that they kill one another, then there is a beginning of a change in history. And that's what is happening now. All of humanity, no matter what the spiritual belief, has been guilty of falling into the historic trap of separating instead of unifying. Now it's starting to change. There's a shift happening."


“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.

They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."



African Union (AU)

African Union (AU)
African Heads of State pose for a group photo ahead of the start of the 28th African Union summit in Addis Ababa on January 30, 2017 (AFP Photo/ Zacharias ABUBEKER)

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela
Few words can describe Nelson Mandela, so we let him speak for himself. Happy birthday, Madiba.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

An open letter to the King of Bahrain to avoid the worst case scenario

Bahrain Center for Human Rights, 12th February, 2011

BCHR reports a widespread and fast going call on Facebook and other internet mediums for wide protests on Monday 14 February 2010 as a “Day of Rage” in Bahrain

BCHR calls on the King of Bahrain to ease tensions by: releasing detainees, dissolving the National Security Apparatus and engaging in serious dialogue on disputed issues

BCHR calls to avoid the use of force against peaceful protests and to guarantee basic rights such as freedom of assembly and freedom of opinion including the free use of social networking




The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights has sent today an open letter to the King of Bahrain to avoid the worst case scenario, by releasing more than 450 detainees including human rights defenders, religious figures and more than 110 children, dissolving the Security apparatus and prosecute its official responsible of violations and to start serious dialogue with civil society and opposition groups on disputed issues such as political participation, corruption by high officials, housing and low income problems and discrimination and naturalization on sectarian basis.

The BCHR has also called on the King to take measures to insure avoiding the use of force by security forces against peaceful protests which might take place in the very near future and to guarantee basic rights such as freedom of assembly and freedom of opinion including the free use of social networking.
The letter from the BCHR to the King of Bahrain comes in the wake of a widespread call on Facebook and other internet mediums for wide protests on Monday 14th February 2010 as a “Day of Rage” in Bahrain. Up to the time of issuing this release, one of the many pages engaged in this campaign has attracted more than 11.000 fans. (The page name is “ثورة 14 فبراير في البحرين” which means “the revolution of 14th February in Bahrain”).

The president of the BCHR, Nabeel Rajab, has warned from the capital Manama about the mounting tension which has been building up for the last few years but has been sharply escalated as a result of inspiration by the recent events in Tunisia and Egypt.

“The release of all the detainees in Bahrain will not solve the main highly disputed issues between the ruling family and the majority of the people. However, it could help to ease the tension and pave the way for a serious, instant and constrictive dialogue on issues such as; political participation, corruption by high officials, housing and low income problems and discrimination and naturalization on sectarian basis” said Mr. Rajab. “The dissolving of the security apparatus and the prosecution of its officials will not only distance the King from the crimes committed by this apparatus especially since 2005, such as systemic torture and the use of excessive force against peaceful protests, but will avoid the fatal mistake committed by similar apparatuses in Tunisia and Egypt which lead to the loss of lives and hundreds of casualties and eventually resulted in the fall of the regimes who created these “double edged swords”, added Mr. Rajab.

Mr. Rajab clarified further that the BCHR warned during 2005-2007 against the amounting use of excessive force by the security apparatus against peaceful protests by disadvantaged groups such as the unemployed, which eventually lead to more violent trends by angry youths especially in predominantly Shia’a populated areas and villages. Then, since December 2007, the BCHR warned against using these violent atrocities as pretexts to wage waves of crackdown on human rights defenders and political activists accusing them, without profound evidence, of “instigating hatred or violence” against the regime. The last and most atrocious crackdown started in mid-August 2010 resulting in the high restriction of basic freedoms, the surrounding and harassing of Shia’a villages around the clock, arbitrary detention and systematic torture of hundreds of people who are still in prisons being subjected to unfair trials and harsh punishments. All these violations which have been widely documented and condemned by various national and international human rights organizations, widened and escalated the outrage in Bahrain.

“Now that different groups of youths have taken the initiative to call for a wide protest starting on Monday 14 February, no one is completely sure what is going to happen on February 14th, if it is going to be “The Day of Rage” in Bahrain or if it is going to be just the start of series of events that we hope will end in enhancing rights and freedoms and an escalation into chaos or bloodshed” concluded Mr. Rajab.


Fore more information please contact:
Bahrain Centre for Human rights
Nabeel Rajab
Email: info@bahrainrights.org

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