member of the international community. In September of that year Bahrain joined the Arab League2 humanitarian concerns as well as popular uprisings in the late 1990s4 in the form of the National Action Charter of Bahrain. In the Charter, King Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa established the Kingdom of Bahrain as a constitutional monarchy with a democratically elected legislature, gave women the right to vote, made an independent judiciary body and released political prisoners. These reforms gave Bahrain
Everyone has the hunger to be free. We want to be left alone. We want to go about our lives, not having to conform to other people's demands. We want to be able to bear a firearm, to assemble peacefully, to vote in fair elections, to speak freely, and to practice religion, all without the government or a powerful group ordering us what we can and cannot do. The Bill of Rights laid out the liberties and rights of its citizens. We are allowed to speak badly about our government. We are able to protest