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| Islamic Society seeks to modify BahrainÂ’s |
| 2007-08-19 |
| MANAMA, Bahrain - Bahrain’s largest Shiite Islamic parliamentary bloc the Al Wefaq Islamic Society, said on Saturday that it was currently reviewing several laws, including the penal code, because of an urgent need to modify them. “The bloc is currently reviewing a number of laws, including the Penal Code, which is an ancient law that was issued more than 30 years and is in dire need of radical amendments in most doors,” said Jalal Fairooz, an Al Wefaq opposition MP. “Special emphasis is placed on aspects concerning the ethics of society to tighten sanctions on the patrons of prostitution which violates the ethics of the community,” he said. Fairooz pointed out that his bloc had contacted the Bar Association, Bahrain Human Rights Society and other political and social societies and praised the Ministry of Interior and Public Prosecution for raiding places of prostitution. The move comes just days after the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) issued its second report on human trafficking in which it focused on internet websites promoting prostitution. The report revealed that more than 10,00 people had subscribed to such networks, and more than 50 websites had links to prostitution networks in Bahrain. Last June, the United States State Department’s annual report on human trafficking ranked several of the US Gulf allies, including Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, in the lowest category and subject to possible sanctions. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 This isn't gonna make the Saudis happy... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-08-19 21:18 |
| #2 It's interesting to see Bahrain try to crack down on patrons of prostitution and not just on the prostitutes. The Internet and web-enabled cell phones must be making huge inroads in these Gulf states among the younger set. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-08-19 08:05 |
| #1 The English translation is interesting. “Special emphasis is placed on aspects concerning the ethics of society to tighten sanctions on the patrons of prostitution which violates the ethics of the community.” So, the sanctions violate the ethics of the community? Or is it tightening the sanctions that violates the ethics? It isn't the patrons of prostitution, because the translator would use “who.” And if prostitution did that, the translator would use a comma afterwards. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2007-08-19 07:48 |