National Communication Center could be enhanced to prepare this type
of programs and distribute it among the workers in daily newspapers, other
news centers, Bahrain News Agency, Bahrain TV, and others.
(6) Text of recommendation and summary of the competent authority’s
reply to NIHR:
Pursue building participatory relations between media organizations and
other cultural, educational, social, and civil organizations that enhance
openness, engagement, and dialogue.
Summary of the Ministry of Information Affairs reply to NIHR:
a) The Ministry stated that it prepares and presents radio and
television programs and press coverage on human rights and
spreading a culture of tolerance and peaceful coexistence, with the
participation of representatives of national institutions, in daily
programs and news reports. These are intensified during national
events and international occasions by highlighting national
initiatives advocating tolerance and peaceful coexistence. In
addition, the Ministry of Information cooperates with the Ministry of
Education in teaching the principles and ethics of media and the
expression of opinion in schools and universities.
b) The Ministry has also implemented the initiatives of the National
Plan for the Promotion of National Belonging and Consolidation of
Citizenship Values (Our Bahrain), by implementing, in cooperation
with government agencies, (19) media initiatives, which constitutes
18% of the initiatives of the National Plan that was launched in
2019.
c) In addition, the Ministry followed up on the preparation of the
National Human Rights Plan in coordination with the legislative
authority, the private sector, and civil society institutions as part of
the efforts undertaken by the Higher Coordinating Committee for
Human Rights in this regard.
(7) Text of recommendation and summary of the competent authority’s
reply to NIHR:
Put more emphasis on the importance of adopting moderate discourse by
all types and forms of media, and tightening censorship of materials that
may contain hate speech and rejection of the other in a manner that
threatens tolerance and peaceful coexistence in society.
Summary of the Ministry of Information Affairs reply to NIHR:
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