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Defending and promoting human rights in Bahrain Bandargate Scandal: Internet Censorship: Random Image   Issues Worth reading Our Partners Syndicate http://www.fidh.org/spip.php?article5400 Monday Recommendations to the Government of Bahrain on the occasion of the 1st Universal Periodic Review Session, April 20087 April 2008 Recommendations to the Government of Bahrain on the occasion of the 1st Universal Periodic Review Session, April 2008 Issued by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organisations in Bahrain, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) 1.Equality and non-discrimination » Apr 3rd 2008 MANAMA From The Economist print edition A put-upon majority feels done down—and is getting angry THE monarchy of Bahrain regards itself as a beacon of democracy in the Middle East. It was the first in the Gulf to give all its citizens the vote, setting up a partially elected parliament, albeit with limited powers, in 2002. Yet in the past few months its officials concede that in an average week there have been more than two riots and five public protests. Most of the unrest takes place outside the predominantly Sunni capital, Manama, in poorer, mostly Shia, villages. No official statistics are published but some villagers say that a third or even half of them have no jobs. Bahr...