BAHRAIN
CONFIDENTIAL
Report by HM Embassy, Bahrain
Right No.
(i)
At present detainees number 12 out of a population of 250,000.
The power of detention is used inter- mittently, eg on the dissolution of National Assembly in 1975, since when most detainees have been released. There is a Right of Appeal with legal representation to the Supreme Court.
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(ii)
Police methods can be rough but torture is not condoned.
(iii)
Slavery does not exist.
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(iv)
There is informal censorship.
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(v)
Senior judges are all members of the ruling family and in political cases their impartiality must be suspect.
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(vi)
(vii)
Trade unions are not permitted, but joint councils with full negotiating rights may be formed in enterprises.
There is complete freedom of emigration.
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