Protest Over Treatment of Bahrain Medical Staff

October 4, 2011

The Celtic League has written to the Embassy of Bahrain to protest at the trial and ill-treatment of medical staff in the kingdom. Earlier this year the League criticized the Manx government for signing a trade deal with the repressive regime. “The Ambassador

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Ecclesiastical Support For League Bahrain Stance

July 14, 2011

It is not every day that the stance of the Celtic League gets an ecclesiastical blessing but that is what happened last week with the news that the Bishop of Sodor and Man is to raise the issue of Manx government tax links

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Manx Finance: Links To Torture And Death

April 22, 2011

MANX FINANCE: LINKS TO TORTURE AND DEATH It has been revealed that hospital staff treating injured pro-democracy protesters in a country with which the Manx government concluded a tax deal earlier this year are being subjected to a wave of terror. The Celtic

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Manx Government Unrepentant Over Links With Bahrain Regime

March 11, 2011

The Isle of Man government is unrepentant about its decision to strengthen business links with Bahrain. The Celtic League wrote to the Manx government in February querying the decision to formalise bilateral arrangements with the despotic Gulf State (see links): https://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/3592 https://groups.yahoo.com/group/celtic_league/message/3590 In

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Bahrain Manx Bilateral Ties Shameful

February 21, 2011

The Celtic League has condemned economic ties between the Isle of Man and the regime in Bahrain as shameful (see below). The Isle of Man government recently trumpeted bilateral economic ties between the two countries. The Celtic League point out the Gulf States

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