This issue of the NLG Review includes NLG President Azadeh Shahshahani and Professor Corinna Mullin in an exchange about human rights violations with a functionary from Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority.

Also included:

• Outgoing NLG President David Gespass on the tension between executive power and citizens' rights in the case of Bradley Manning
• "Nowhere to Turn: Obstacles for Immigrants Seeking Government Disaster Assistance" by Laura Hoton
• "Is Qualified Immunity an Affirmative Defense in Name Alone? Why Courts Should Shift Away from Placing the Burden to Refute Qualified Immunity on § 1983 Plaintiffs" by Elinor R. Jordan
• Brett Degroff reviewing the book Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong