On-going raids in Bahrain. Be careful.
Hey folks,
Been monitoring this forum for quite some time and have a couple updates:
-Firstly, the reason ISG is censored in Bahrain is because this forum indirectly contributes to encouraging the practice of [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord908][CodeWord908][/url] in Bahrain, by listing out venues where hookers are available and rates and the like - of course most of these discussions that happen on here are pretty much common info on the street, however a certain official at the ministry decided to 'say they were doing something to protect the country' and favored a petition forwarded by a human rights organization (Bahrain Youth Human Rights Society) to block ISG on Batelco and Zain networks (most of the ISPs in Bahrain use Batelco wholesale internet to function).
-Those of us who have lived and worked in Bahrain over the past 15 years or more would say that the raids on hotels and arrests of owners hosting prostitutes is and was an annual activity by the Ministry of Interior, however, this year, the situation has slightly changed partly because of Bahrain having hosted the Anti-[url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord908][CodeWord908][/url] conference earlier this month (March 2009) and the business in most hotels are down, and those who were used to getting their bribes at the Tourism Ministry didn't get what they were looking for.
There are two intelligence agencies which have been re-formed with an added joint-taskforce for combating [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord908][CodeWord908][/url] and vice/drugs trading, namely, The Bahrain National Security Agency (State Security Unit & Bahrain General Intelligence Bureau) and the Military Intelligence Agency aided by the UNODC (UN Office On Drugs and Crime). As some members of the CID (Criminal Investigation Department) and BDF (Bahrain Defense Force) have been found to have aided in the [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord908][CodeWord908][/url] activities within Bahrain, therefore these 2 newly reformed agencies have been policing certain members of the interior forces and some have been recently court-martial-ed.
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For the past month or so, we've seen random raids at various luxury furnished apartments and hotels around the country, and lately a concentrated approach to carrying out raids within a network of target hotels known to be holding trafficked women against their will.
These hotels are:
1) Mashtan Hotel (facing Standard Chartered Bank near Bab Al Bahrain)
2) City Center Hotel (facing Standard Chartered Bank near Bab Al Bahrain)
3) Gulf Pearl Suites (facing Standard Chartered Bank near Bab Al Bahrain)
4) Mirador Hotel (Facing Exhibition Road
5) Andalus Hotel (Adliya, near HSBC)
6) Al Yamama Plaza (Behind the CPR office on Exhibition Road)
7) Taj Plaza Hotel (Juffair)
8) Al Jazira Hotel (behind Mashtan)
9) Awal Hotel (opposite Mashtan)
10) Bahrain International Hotel (adjacent to Mashtan)
11) Infinity Suites (Adliya)
One of the main reasons behind raids targeting the above hotels is due to business being down and tourism affairs' official not receiving their percentage as expected. 3 weeks ago, close to 2,000 BD was spent on patrons from the Tourism Affairs at both Mashtan Hotel and Awal which involved a 7-course paid dinner and alcoholic beverages plus women. At the end of the night or rather the next morning, the tourism affairs did not receive the amount they had been paid in the past, and the very next night mashtan, awal, etc. were raided for engaging in illegal activity and staying open past the 2am license regulation. Since then, there has been a change in management at the Tourism Ministry.
Other hotels and apartments being targeted in these raids are:
1) Delmon Hotel (Diggers/Wendy's next to City Center Hotel)
2) Aradous Hotel (Bab Al Bahrain)
3) Juffair Plaza (shut down)
4) Mishaal Hotel (Opposite the French Embassy)
5) Al Fanar Plaza (next to The Palace)
3) Adhari Hotel (Bab Al Bahrain)
4) Frsan Hotel (Exhibition Road)
5) Baisan Hotel (Exhibition Road)
6) Seashell Hotel (Adliya)
7) The Palace (Um Al Hassam)
Apartments in the Juffair Area (behind the strip), Gudabiya, Adliya.
The Thai and Chineese restaurants have been practically empty at the usual peak hours around 1.30AM, 3-5PM, as the Mamasans and her girls are terrified of coming out and being rounded up as these locations are being monitored by various agencies, instead their Bahraini messengers/drivers do the ferrying about.
It would be a good idea to stay away from the above areas mentioned until things settle down for a while - that's expected to happen about a week before the Formula 1 weekend (April mid).
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