107 Civil Society Networks and Organizations Condemned the Gulf Military Intervention in Bahrain
107 Civil Society Networks and Organizations Condemned the Gulf Military Intervention in Bahrain
and the imposition of martial law and resolution of sit-ins and peaceful demonstrations by force
and call for the protection of the Bahraini people
The undersigned civil society organizations (107 network, alliance, and organization representing 775 association of 15 Arab countries) condemn the Gulf military intervention, led by Saudi Arabia in Bahrain, and call upon the international community, especially the Security Council and Secretary General of the United Nations, and all organizations, for the rapid intervention to provide protection to the people of Bahrain from the force exercised by the military regime and its Gulf allies against the defenseless people, who call for their legitimate rights in a democratic system that respects dignity and human rights as stipulated in international conventions and laws.
The organizations also express deep concern at the imposition of a state of emergency to intimidate the people of Bahrain, and the use of force by the Bahraini security forces and the armed forces against the peaceful and unarmed protestors and firing live bullets, rubber bullets, and tear gas and fission bullets, in addition to the use of security men in civilian clothes or the secret police (thugs) , which caused a number of martyrs and hundreds of injured people suffocated in the Lulua square, Salmabad, Buri, the Isle Sitra, Sanabis, and others. The Organizations re-emphasize that these methods, attempted in Tunisia and Egypt, did not discourage people from achieving the greater part of their legitimate demands.
The organizations emphasizes again on how important it is for Bahraini, Arab, and international human rights organizations to document information and certificates to secure enough evidence to hold accountable those responsible for these crimes when it comes to the moment of transitional justice.
Organizations wish that the highly ranked officials in Bahrain, so as not to shed more blood, to listen to the legitimate demands of the people in freedom, justice and the devolution of power, expressed clearly and continuously since more than a month by hundreds of thousands of Bahrainis Sunnis and Shiites.
Organizations emphasize again that the use of armed violence and / or detention and / or suppression of liberties and / or discrimination and / or intimidation and / or sectarian or ethnic discrimination against peaceful popular movements, will not stand in the face of the achievement of the will of the Arab peoples to end the era of predominating power for an indefinite period, perhaps what happened in Tunisia and Egypt, are the best evidence.
Regional Arab NGOs
1- Gulf Civil Society Forum (included more than 100 Academic, Jurist, Median and Thinker from the Gulf States).
2- The Arab Women Network (included 17 organization in 17 Arab countries)
3- Arab’s coalition against death penalty (included 9 national’s coalitions and 9 Arab countries)
4- Human rights trainers networks in the Arab regions (included 170 trainers).
5- Arab network to protect the human rights defenders (included 18 organization from 9 Arab countries)
6- The Arab Organization for Youth Lawyers.
7- The Arab Group for Media Watch. (included 12 organization in 12 Arab countries)
8- The Arab Foundation for Supporting the Judiciary Reforms.
9- The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists (APHRA)
10- The Center of Arab Women media Workers.
11- The Arab Coalition for Darfor (include 90 organization from Arab countries)
12- Gulf coalition for International Criminal court.
13- Gulf Forum for Dialogue.
14- Amman Center for Human Rights Studies [ACHRS]/ Jordan
15- Amnesty International/ the Jordan Group. / Jordan
16- The Arab Organization for Human Rights/ Jordan.
17- Al-Badil Center for Studies and Training/ Jordan
18- The Jordanian Network for Civil Society Organization (included 16 organizations). / Jordan
19- The Jordanian network for Human Rights Trainers (included 45 trainers) / Jordan
20- The Jordanian Women Union/ Jordan
21- The Jordanian Association of Democratic Culture. / Jordan
22- The Society of Working Women. / Jordan
23- The Society of Arab Women. / Jordan
24- The Society for the Development of the Family. / Jordan
25- The Al Baqaa Women Charity Society. / Jordan
26- Mosawat Network (included 87 woman associations) / Jordan
27- Alpheniq Center for Economic Studies and Informatics/ Jordan
28- The East and West Center for the Development of the Local Community. / Jordan
29- The Al-Karamah Association Against Violence. / Jordan
30- Rehabilitation Association and charity care. / Jordan
31- Partner Jordan.
32- The Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) (Consists of 132 human rights organizations). / Jordan
33- The Association School for Mothers. / Palestine
34- The Health Work Committees. / Palestine
35- Organization for Handicap without boarders. / Palestine
36- Conscience Foundation for Human Rights. / Palestine
37- Women’s Center for Legal Aid and Counseling. / Palestine
38- Arab-European Centre for Human Rights and International Law/ Palestine
39- Iraqi coalition for human rights organizations (included 54 human rights organizations./ Iraq
40- Freedom’s coalition in Iraq (included 72 organizations) / Iraq
41- Civic coalition for minorities in Iraq (included 12 organizations) / Iraq
42- Baghdad women society/ Iraq
43- Leadership Women Institution/ Iraq
44- Iraqi Human Rights Foundation/ Iraq
45- Human Rights Center in Iraq
46- South youth organization. / Iraq
47- Hamurabi organization for human rights and democracy watch/ Iraq
48- Touz organization for human rights studies. / Iraq
49- Media organization for human rights. / Iraq
50- The Establishment of Iraqi Human Rights. / Iraq
51- Organization of the Islamic group for peace. / Iraq
52- Safa Association for the Development and friendship with the peoples. / Iraq
53- Free Organization for Human Rights. / Iraq
54- Arab Organization for human rights in Syria
55- National Organization for Human Rights in Syria
56- Kurdish committee for human rights in Syria (AL Rassased)/ Syria
57- Committee for defending democratic freedom and human rights in Syria
58- Kurdish Organization for defending human rights and democratic freedom in Syria(DAD)
59- Women initiative committee/ Syria
60- Committee “together” to support women issues/ Syria
61- Human Rights Organization in Syria(MAF)
62- Committees For The Defense Of Democracy Freedoms And Human Rights In Syria
63- Syrian Monitor for human rights. / Syria
64- Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of expiration in the Arab world. / Syria
65- Lebanon Society for Human Rights./ Lebanon
66- Lebanon Women Rights Committee/ Lebanon
67- Democrats Lebanese Association of Jurists/ Lebanon
68- Palestinian Human Rights Foundation (Monitor) / Lebanon
69- Yemen coalition for transparency and anticorruption (included 50 organizations)/ Yemen
70- Center for human rights Information and rehabilitation/ Yemen
71- Yemen organization defending rights and democratic freedom/ Yemen
72- Yemen organization for development and rehabilitation/ Yemen
73- Change organization for Defending Rights and Freedom/ Yemen
74- Yemen center for human rights/ Yemen
75- Democratic social forum/ Yemen
76- Sister hoods for human rights/ Yemen
77- Yemen Coalition for Civil society organizations (included 27 organizations) / Yemen
78- Yemen Network for human rights (7 organization). / Yemen
79- Yemen Foundation against Trafficking in Human Beings. / Yemen
80- Empowerment Organization for Development. / Yemen
81- Yemeni Observatory for Human Rights/ Yemen
82- Yemen Center for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. / Yemen
83- Free movement of change in Yemen
84- Civil forum in Sudan (include more than 54 organizations) / Sudan
85- Center for gender’s studies/ Sudan
86- Humanitarian Aid Organization/ Sudan
87- Bahrain Human Rights Society./ Bahrain
88- The Bahrain Women Union. / Bahrain
89- Bahrain Society for Transparency. / Bahrain
90- Bahrain Teachers Society/ Bahrain
91- The National Society for the Support of Education and training/ Bahrain
92- National Association to support education and training/ Bahrain
93- Association of Rural Girl/ Bahrain
94- Algerian League for Defending human rights/ Algeria
95- Women Rights Association/ Saudi Arabia
96- Moroccan League for Defending human rights/ Morocco
97- Moroccan Center for Human Rights. / Morocco
98- Moroccan Foundation for Human Rights. / Morocco
99- Kuwait Coalition for International Criminal Court/ Kuwait
100- Libyan League for Defending human rights/ Libya
101- Al Kelmah Center for Human Rights./ Egypt
102- Land Center for Human Rights. / Egypt
103- The Arab Association for Democracy and Human Rights Studies. / Egypt
104- Maat Center. / Egypt
105- Forum for Women Development. / Egypt
106- Egyptian Association for civil education and human rights. / Egypt
107- Tunisian Association of Democratic Women/ Tunis.
