AHMED BIN ATEYATALLA AL KHALIFA

'Shaikh Ahmed bin Ateyatalla Al Khalifa' is the Minister of Cabinet Affairs for Bahrain and the head of the Central Informatics Organization. He is a member of the Al Khalifa royal family of Bahrain.
In September 2006, he was implicated in the Bandargate scandal, accused of leading and financing a secret organization of government officials, with the aim of marginalizing Bahrain's Shia community, economically, politically and socially.
According to Dr Salah al-Bandar, the whistleblower, Shaikh Ahmed paid five main operatives a total of more than $2.7 million to run:

★ a secret intelligence cell spying on Shi’as

★ ‘GONGOs’ – government operated bogus NGOs like the ‘Bahraini Jurists Society’ and the ‘Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society’

★ internet forums and websites that foment sectarian hatred

★ subsidisation of ‘new converts’ from Shia Islamic sect to the Sunni sect

★ payments for election rigging

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★ Bandargate scandal

References

★ 300 protesters in Bahrain demand investigation into alleged conspiracy to rig elections, International Herald Tribune, 17 November 2006

★ Report Cites Bid by Sunnis in Bahrain to Rig Elections, New York Times, 2 October 2006

★ Al-Bandar Ejection Exposes Bahrain Split, Washington Post, 2 October 2006

★ Allegations of treason, vote-rigging warn of sectarian strife ahead of Bahrain elections, International Herald Tribune, 2 OCtober 2006

★ Al Bander-Gate: A Political Scandal In Bahrain, Bahrain Center for Human Rights, September 2006

★ Documents related to Bandargate, Bahrain Center for Human Rights

★ BandarGate, Lord Eric Avebury, 5 October 2006

★ Banning Publication of News or Information Related to the “Bandar-Gate” Scandal, Bahrain Center for Human Rights, 6 October 2006

★ “Bandar-Gate” and the Dangerous Role Played by Some Human Rights Societies and its Relation to the secret organization, Statement by Bahraini Human Rights Activists, 10 October 2006

★ Activists and journalist receive threats for highlighting Bandargate scandal, Bahrain Center for Human Rights, 12 October 2006

★ Bahrain: Must be election season, Toby Jones, 12 October 2006

★ Concern over the lack of an official response to Al Bandergate, Bahrain Center for Human Rights, 13 October 2006

★ Petition From A Hundred Prominent Figures And Activists To The King Of Bahrain regarding Bandargate scandal, 13 October 2006

★ Documentary video: Political Naturalization in Bahrain

★ Mahmood's Den Bandargate Archive

★ Bandargate Blog

★ BANDARGATE!, Gulf Daily News, 24 September 2006

★ BANDARGATE: The unanswered questions, Gulf Daily News, 27 September 2006

★ Probe Call, Gulf Daily News, 27 September 2006

★ MPs call for Al Bandar probe, Gulf Daily News, 27 September 2006

★ Secret offer to run society is alleged, Gulf Daily News, 29 September 2006

★ Activists charting action plan, Gulf Daily News, 29 September 2006

★ High Court issues Bandar Press gag, Gulf Daily News, 5 October 2006

★ Societies call to lift Press gag, Gulf Daily News, 9 October 2006

★ Video: Press conference of Dr Salah Al Bandar the UK House of Lords (Parts: 1, 2, 3)

★ Video: Discussion with Dr Salah Al Bandar on Kawthar TV (Parts: 1, 2, 3)