Articles from Bahrain
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Union growth 21 November 2012 Bahrain: Free Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi Abu Dheeb!
EI launched in November an Urgent Action Appeal for Bahrain. It demands that Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi Abu Dheeb, Vice President and President of the Bahrain Teacher Association (BTA), be released from jail.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 October 2012 Bahrain: Solidarity with teachers on WTD
At the occasion of World Teachers’ Day (WTD), celebrated annually on 5 October, EI has issued a statement of solidarity with teachers in Bahrain and their trade union, the Bahrain Teacher Association (BTA).
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Trade union rights are human rights 7 September 2012 Bahrain: Grave concerns about teacher unionists in detention
In view of the final appeals hearing in the cases of Bahraini teacher unionists Mahdi Abu Dheeb and Jalila Al Salman, there is growing concern that harsh earlier sentences, will be upheld by the appeals court - as in another ruling against Bahraini activists earlier this week.
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Union growth 21 August 2012 Bahrain: U.S. unions push for respect of human and labour rights
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), along with other influential organisations, has urged U.S. Labour Secretary Hilda Solis to release her Department’s finding concerning Bahrain’s compliance with provisions of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA). AFT, one of EI’s affiliates in the U.S., was joined in the initiative by the...
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 May 2012 Bahrain: BTA court case postponed for fourth time to 30 May
EI has learned that the Supreme Criminal Appeals Court has adjourned the case of Mahdi Issa Abu Dheeb and Jalila Al-Salman, from the Bahraini Teachers Association (BTA), to 30 May, and refused to release Mahdi on bail once more. Both were arrested after a crackdown by authorities following pro-democracy demonstrations.
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Union growth 26 April 2012 EI pleads with Bahraini government officials to respect human and trade union rights
In a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Bahrain, Shaikh Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, and the Minister of Labour, Jameel Humaidan, EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen has requested that the dissolution of the Bahraini Teachers’ Association (BTA) in 2011 be lifted and that its leaders be released...
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Union growth 30 March 2012 Bahrain: Decision on Mahdi Abu Dheeb’s release deferred
Following Mahdi Abu Dheeb’s appeal hearing on 2 April, EI has learned that a decision about the release of the Bahraini Teachers’ Association (BTA) President has been postponed to 2 May.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 March 2012 Bahrain: Academic freedom under threat
Every week, Education International receives anxious requests from Bahraini students, parents and academics alarmed about the on-going infringements of academic freedom and human rights directed at professors, students, and staff at higher education institutions in Bahrain.
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Union growth 21 March 2012 Bahrain: Teacher leaders still detained
After two previous postponements, the Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeal has scheduled a new hearing of the case of Bahraini Teachers’ Association leaders Mahdi Abu Dheeb and Jalila Al Salman on 2 April. Both were arrested in April 2011 after a crackdown by authorities following pro-democracy demonstrations.
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Union growth 23 February 2012 Bahrain: Mahdi Abu Dheeb denied release on bail yet again
The Bahraini Supreme Court of Appeal has once more turned down Bahrain Teacher Association’s president Mahdi Abu Dheeb’s request for temporary release because of health reasons.
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Union growth 15 February 2012 Bahrain: Teacher leader on hunger strike
Mahdi Abu Dheeb, the imprisoned president of Bahrain's Teachers’ Association, has begun a hunger strike to protest about his unfair detention and continued ill-treatment in prison.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 February 2012 Bahrain: Help free trade union leader Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb!
EI has launched a campaign to urge the Bahraini authorities to immediately release on bail Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb, President of the Bahraini Teachers Association (BTA), given his deteriorating health condition. This campaign is organised in partnership with LabourStart, an online news service aiming to serve the international trade...
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Union growth 14 December 2011 Bahrain: Appeal of teacher union leaders postponed
The appeal of Bahrain Teacher Association (BTA) leaders, Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi Abu Dheeb, has been postponed to 19 February, in order to be able to include the recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) report. This postponement will effectively prolong the detention of Mahdi Abu Dheeb, the...
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Union growth 9 December 2011 Bahrain: EI launches a new Urgent Action Appeal
Education International (EI) has launched a new Urgent Action Appeal on Bahrain, calling on its member organisations to contact their national government as well as the Bahraini diplomatic representations in their country to urge the Bahraini authorities to review the charges and convictions and commute sentences of all teachers, teacher...
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Union growth 23 November 2011 Bahrain: The international teacher trade union movement shows solidarity
EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, recently visited the Kingdom of Bahrain, in order to get first-hand impressions of the situation in a country that has seen severe mistreatment of teachers in the past months, following “Arab Spring”-inspired upheavals throughout the middle eastern state.
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Union growth 25 October 2011 Bahrain: Teacher leaders under threat of torture
EI has relaunched its Urgent Action Appeal on Bahrain. bahraini teachers fear for the safety of their leaders, after the heavy-handed arrest of their vice president Jalila al-Salman.
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Union growth 18 October 2011 Bahrain: Education union leader calls for international solidarity
Jalila Al-Salman, Vice-President of the EI-affiliated Bahraini Teachers’ Association (BTA), has called on the international community to support teachers’ legitimate struggle for human and trade unions rights.
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Union growth 14 October 2011 Bahrain: Union leader moved to Jaw prison
Education International has been informed that the Bahraini Teachers Association's (BTA) president, Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb (49 years of age) has been transferred to Jaw prison, Bahrain’s only men's prison, on October 12.
Bahrain: Union leader moved to Jaw prison