Earlier this month, the arrest and detention of Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, highlighted the continuing level of repression that exists in the country. Since the government moved against the popular uprising in early 2011, working class people and organisations have borne the brunt of this repression (see here and here). The rights to protest and organise have basically been abolished, overseas travel curtailed, and social media is now being targeted for censorship and control.
Earlier this month, the arrest and detention of Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, highlighted the continuing level of repression that exists in the country. Since the government moved against the popular uprising in early 2011, working class people and organisations have borne the brunt of this repression (see here and here). The rights to protest and organise have basically been abolished, overseas travel curtailed, and social media is now being targeted for censorship and control.
