Monthly Archives: April 2012

Systemic Police Deviance & Police Reform in Bahrain (Work in Progress)

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

Note: I gave this paper at the ”Policing Protests in the Middle East Workshop” at Durham University on Thursday 26th April 2012. It needs updating, with specific reference to the conviction of one policeman for shooting a protester. It is … Continue reading →

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Police Assist in Vandalising & Looting a Supermarket in Bahrain

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

Yesterday I wrote a post about how the Ministry of the Interior treat Bahrainis differently depending on whether they are pro-government or anti-government.   This was after their tame dispersal of a large group of regime supporters who, after gathering … Continue reading →

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Thugs or Groupies? Highlighting Issues of Police Discrimination in Bahrain

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

In what was apparently a display of solidarity with Bahrain’s security forces, hundreds of pro-regime Sunnis ended up at Alba roundabout to protest against what the Ministry of Interior described as a ‘terrorist blast’ in the village of Al-Eker. The explosion, … Continue reading →

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The Kingdom of the Absurd

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

J.B. Priestly once said ‘Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself – with a smile.’ Add to this the words of Yev Yilmaz, who stated ‘Comedy is truth, absurdity, and pain’. If we consider these statements, then we can certainly … Continue reading →

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