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2:37 p.m.:

Bahrain

: Another warning on the Grand Prix to be held April 22 - this time by Andrew Anderson in The Independent of Ireland:

Formula 1

The authorities seem to have talked to all interested parties in Bahrain and have instead relied on assurances by the government of Bahrain. It is crucial that we also talk with leaders of civil society independent of the community and opposition politicians in Bahrain.

just returned from Bahrain where I witnessed the indiscriminate use of tear gas and met relatives and lawyers of those still detained and persecuted I can assure the authorities of a formula that the situation in the country has not returned to normal. Bahrain is certainly not a safe country for citizens of Bahrain.

14:25:

a daily flow of videos from citizen journalists have documented numerous atrocities in Syria, but the satellite images can help also - and may be useful in the short - to help establish if the plan to withdraw its forces back from towns and villages as required by the peace plan of Kofi Annan

In an article for iWatch News, Jeffrey Smith assesses the efforts to make satellite photos of Syria more readily available. For more than a month, he said, intelligence analysts in the U.S. were the declassification of images showing the movement of Syrian armor and destruction of cities in the office of Human Rights, Department of State may publish on its website.

The photos do not show the atrocities, but convincingly show the accumulation of Syrian arms and some of the damage caused by bombing government forces have become a feature of its military campaign against the rebellion . More intact in a mosque, school, medical clinic and other buildings in Homs, while others show the concentrations of craters on the rebel city of Homs and the city called Zabadani

Smith said that approach was prompted by the memory of the Srebrenica massacre in 1995, which was photographed by satellites, but kept secret until nearly four weeks after the massacre was over.

The article adds that, although some U.S. officials believe it is important to obtain satellite information available on the behavior of the Syrian regime, others feared that it could "exacerbate the political appetite to intervene directly in combat. "

2:13 p.m.:.
this Google Map integrated video contains some of the events reported by the local coordinating committees in Syria today

scroll up and down to see all the sites and click on pointers to see the video.

1:48 p.m.:
The demonstrators in the town of Idlib Kafranbel have had their say on the latest developments in lifting each week in help distinguishing flags. Here is the latest.

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- The 47th ? ? (@ THE_47th) April 6, 2012

1:29 p.m.:

Bahrain: hunger strike in prison Abdulhadi Al -Khawaja now has a 80% chance of dying and could suffer from organ failure at any time, the Dublin-based group of advocates of human first line says in a statement citing medical experts. Executive Director of Front Line, Mary Lawlor, who recently visited the kingdom, said:

We urge the government of Bahrain to exercise mercy and allow Abdulhadi immediately travel to Denmark for medical treatment requested by the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs - Abdulhadi has dual citizenship with Denmark. We also urge the United Nations, European Union, USA and the UK to make public statements to that effect.

If he dies in the context of Grand Prix on April 22, which will lead to further instability and unrest, he adds.

The Bahraini authorities clearly want to present an image of the company, as usual, but his apparent indifference to the fate of Abdulhadi, runs the risk of tragic consequences for Bahrain.

Those involved in Formula 1 should consult with independent journalists, community leaders, human rights groups to have a clear idea of ??what is happening - to see for themselves the situation in the Gulf kingdom. Observation of events last week in Bahrain, Bahrain is clearly not safe for citizens of Bahrain.

13:16: The Syrian Foreign Ministry has launched a vitriolic attack Navi Pillay, head of Human Rights of the UN. A letter from the ministry was quoted by the News of the Syrian government agency, Sana, is accused of acting as "an attorney general against the countries in which Western countries choose to go" and turn their eyes to "violations Syria by armed terrorists. "

Instead, she says, she chose "to compile lies and untruths and the market as a fact without bothering to check." The letter continues:

is really strange that she used the human and financial resources of the United Nations against Syria, based on lies and calls outside of their jurisdiction ...

have been better if the commissioner attached to the objectivity and professionalism, as it would have helped prevent more killing of Syrians.

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1:01 p.m.:

Bahrain:

British Labour asked Richard Burden Formula One governing body Director, FIA, to think again on the Bahrain Grand Prix on April 22. In an article for The Huffington Post, writes:

In a context where a genuine and lasting reform takes place, taking a Grand Prix could be a unifying event for the people of Bahrain and a positive window on the world stage. But things are not at this stage ...

Bahrain is not as bad as the terrible situation in Syria. And the F1 teams have careers in other countries with enviable human rights record. But that does not mean it is right for F1 to collude in the presentation to the outside world an image of the cocoon of normalcy in the Bahrain International Circuit, where he is likely to be a few miles of the loop can be very different .. .

In retrospect, the FIA ??should not have expected the 2012 race so early in the season. It was always going to be too early to know how things work now had moved to Bahrain last year. F1 can not go back, but three weeks before the race, you can always revisit. Si

24:44:

Bahrain: A video posted on YouTube is said to show people fleeing a building affected by tear gas yesterday.

was published by Freedom Network Sar. Sar is an area west of the capital districts, both rich and poor.

24:31:

following is a summary of key developments to date:

Syria

violence would continue in Syria, despite the cease-fire before, from four days.

Activists
reported tank fire in at least three cities on Friday -. City Duma, near Damascus, the bustling city of Homs and Rastan, north of Homs

The Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has an "urgent appeal" to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in "intense operations" by the Syrian army , near the border with Turkey

also addressed the refugee issue with more than 2800 after fleeing Thursday Idlib -. more than double the previous record one-day total -. Turkish official says

The Kurdish bloc left the Syrian National Council, saying that Turkey was pressurizing the central nervous system to omit requests from members of the Kurdish opposition

in the final document describing the formation of a transition plan for Syria. The separation will increase the perception of a divided opposition.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said that Britain "should keep all options open" regarding Syria

in an interview with ITV News. He said that "when it occurs, it is always important to consider whether to intervene, there will be consequences."

Bahrain

human rights groups have expressed concern about the fate of imprisoned activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, who is near death according to his family.
Khawaja, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in June 2011 for participating in demonstrations against the regime, has been on hunger strike for 57 days. His daughter, Zainab al-Khawaj was arrested last night in front of the prison hospital, after refusing to go out and shout the name of his father. He has now gone on hunger strike in solidarity with the prison of his father.

24:06:

Still no sign of an initiative for a ceasefire in Syria. Reuters:

Activists

reported tank fire in at least three cities on Friday -. City Duma, near Damascus, the bustling city of Homs and Rastan, north of Homs

"Duma tanks came last night, then left. Today at 7 pm again. There were bombings in the Duma since morning. We do not know if people have been killed , but the bombing did not stop, "said a local activist.
"at least five tanks and buses loaded with 10 security men and pro-Assad Shabiha militia) came Duma," he said.

The Syrian Observatory

Britain-based Human Rights said that the rebel troops were fighting in the Syrian Golan Duma army free and Rastan in Homs and Hama road between the towns.

24:00:
Tunisia

: A controversy has erupted over the appointment of several new provincial governors -. all of which belong to the party Ennahda, reports the Magharebia website
Ennahda, considered a moderate Islamist party, won the most seats in elections last October, but not the majority.

Ennahda interim prime minister, Hamadi Jebali, who made the final appointments, has been accused of pursuing a practice that was known as the Ben Ali dictatorship, where officials were elected on the basis their loyalty to the ruling party.

11:58:

The Syrian government says 6,143 Syrian citizens were killed by "terrorists" - a description of the opposition - and 1590 were removed.

The UN says that the forces of Bashar al-Assad killed more than 9,000 people since protests began in March last year.

Syrian government's argument is contained in a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, in which he accused of bias and the choice of "lies and compilation of falsehoods and market them as fact without bothering to check. "

The letter continues:

is really strange that she used the human and financial resources of the United Nations against Syria, based on lies and calls outside of their jurisdiction ...

have been better if the commissioner attached to the objectivity and professionalism, as it would have helped prevent the Syrians kill more,'' the ministry said.

The Commissioner refused to consider terrorist acts as crimes against humanity, despite all the rules for the identification of crimes against humanity apply to them, and chose instead leveling this charge in the state is fulfilling its duty to protect its own citizens ...

Syria is committed to its responsibility in the exploration of all allegations of violations of human rights, but the commissioner has not shared any of the allegations received, or worked to provide national solutions or even peaceful, which clearly means that the commissioner needs to review their positions in Syria.

The news website, Alakhbar (in French), states that "the President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz had good relationships with men." President Aziz, who took power Mauritania by a military coup in 2008, is now also facing protests demanding his resignation.

11:18: Britain "should keep all options open" regarding Syria, the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (left ), said in an interview with Mark Austin, ITV News.