Rajab faces charges for offending a national institution. The comment came in reference to a video posted on YouTube in which a former Bahrain Interior Ministry official appears, calling on former colleagues to defect and join Islamist militants.
The tweet read - quote - "many #Bahrain men who joined #terrorism & #ISIS came from security institutions and those institutions were the first ideological incubator". One day after returning to Bahrain from an international speaking tour, Nabeel Rajab - President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights - received a summons from the country´s cybercrimes investigative unit regarding a tweet he published on September 28th. Prominent Bahraini human rights defender held over a tweet.againīahraini authorities re-arrested another leading human rights activist this week. City Council approved an industry-specific wage floor that - once implemented - will be one of the highest minimum pay rates the country. Los Angeles City Council approves minimum wage hike for workers at big hotelsĪ measure in Los Angeles that will boost the minimum wage for workers at the city's largest hotels is headed for the mayor’s desk. From Denver, Hannah Leigh Myers has this report. The proposal was a watered down version of one that sparked weeks of student walk-outs and has garnered national attention. The school board of Jefferson County, Colorado has approved a controversial measure to review the curriculum of Advanced Placement US History. School board in Colorado county passes controversial measure despite student protests See photos from Friday's protests in Hong Kong Chu, whose father is one of the founders of Occupy Central, travelled from Los Angeles to Hong Kong to observe the protests. Demonstrators are calling for the municipality’s Beijing-backed Chief Executive to resign.įSRN’s Nell Abram speaks with Samuel Chu from the streets of Hong Kong. The vote will be the first polls in Hong Kong since the former British colony was transferred to Chinese rule in 1997, and many there fear that Beijing will not deliver on promised democratic rights. The student-led protests began last week, triggered by Chinese authorities’ announcement that only approved candidates would be placed on the ballot in the region’s 2017 elections. Massive pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong turned violent Friday. Violence directed at Hong Kong pro-democracy protests Immigration reform allows Canada to strip citizenship.Turkey approves possibility of military action against “terrorist threats”.Prominent Bahraini human rights defender held over a tweet.again.Los Angeles City Council approves minimum wage hike for workers at big hotels.School board in Colorado county passes controversial measure despite student protests.
Violence directed at Hong Kong pro-democracy protests.