Qatar's freedoms put Bahrain on the spot

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There are mixed views in Qatar about the growing internal crisis in the repressive Gulf island state of Bahrain. Some people in Qatar feel pity for Bahrain, while others view its problems with satisfaction. Newspapers in Qatar, which are not censored but make considerable efforts to remain in favour with the country's leading 20 families, have been highlighting human rights violations in Bahrain, while liberalisation in Qatar is seen in Bahrain as an insult.

Qatar, Bahraini foreign relations, Qatari foreign relations

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'Medieval' Bahrain struggles to contain fires of rebellion

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Bahrain, which is seen by the UK as one of its closest allies in the Gulf, is in fact the least democratic country in the region. There have been growing public calls for a return to constitutional rule, freedom of speech and the reinstatement of the parliament, suspended by Sheikh Issa bin Salman al-Khalifa in 1975, over recent years. This has led to strong action by security police, with the country's three prisons now holding around 2,000 protesters.

Human rights

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Bahrain gives exile a passport to purgatory

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Campaigners for democracy are treated very harshly in Bahrain, as in shown by the case of Adbullah Ali Rashid al-Birali. He has been deported from Bahrain, and is now being denied the right to return. He is one of around 100 Bahrainis who have been treated in this way over recent years. They blame the Bahrain Special Intelligence Service (SIS), and most particularly its head, former British colonial policeman Ian Henderson, for their plight.

Interview, Dissenters, al-Birali, Abdullah Ali Rashid

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