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“Interfere, Restrict, Control”
Restraints on Freedom of Association in Bahrain
Summary
Key
Recommendations
Methodology
I.
Background
Civil
Society in Bahrain
II. Civil
Society Organizations
Freedom of
Association/Civil Society Repression
International
Bahraini Law
Registering
and Supervising NGOs
Current Law
Draft Law
Recommended
Standards
Case Studies
Takeover and
Dissolution of NGOs
Current Law
Draft Law
Recommended
Standards
Case Studies
NGO Funding
Current Law
Draft Law
Recommended
Standards
III.
Political Societies
Legal
Standards
International
Bahraini Law
Restrictions
on Political Societies
Restrictions
on Peaceful Assembly
Restrictions
on Freedom of Expression
National
Dialogue of 2011
Disbanding
the Islamic Action Society (Amal)
IV. Trade
Unions
Legal
Standards
International
Bahraini Law
Restrictions
on Trade Unions
Retribution
after the 2011 Demonstrations
The 2011
Amendment Affecting Trade Union Rights
V.
Recommendations
To the
National Assembly and the Government of Bahrain
On the Draft
Law on Civil Organizations and Institutions
On Political
Societies
On Trade
Unions
On the
United Nations Special Rapporteur
To Member
States of the United Nations Human Rights Council
To the
United States
To the
member states of the European Union
Acknowledgements
Appendix:
Letter from Human Rights Watch to Minister of Social Development Dr. Fatima
Al-Balooshi, May 13, 2013
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