Author Archives: abbas

Amnesty Int’l: Bahrain: activist on trial for “insulting” Islamic figure: Nader Abdulemam

UA: 240/14 Index: MDE 11/031/2014 Bahrain Date: 25 September 2014 URGENT ACTION Bahraini activist Nader... more

Update: Bahrain: Prominent Human Rights Defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja Ends His Hunger Strike

22 September 2014 – 29th day hunger strike – Updates AlKhawaja’s condition continues to deteriorate,... more

GCHR: Bahrain: Prominent human rights defenders Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja ends his hunger strike

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the news that prominent human rights defender... more

Bahrain After Directives From The King And The Prime Minister: The Campaign On Social Media Activists Escalates

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights expresses its concern at the escalation of a campaign... more

NGOs Express Cautious Optimism over Release of Maryam al-Khawaja

18 SEPTEMBER 2014—GENEVA, SWITZERLAND—Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute... more

Bahrain: Women’s rights defender Ghada Jamsheer arrested for tweets

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR)... more

Bahraini detainees make telephone calls to their relatives at the Criminal Investigations Headquarters, and then disappear for days

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights condemns the practices of the Interior Ministry, including its... more

Bahrain: Revoking citizenship, a new tool to punish activists and combat freedom of expression

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its deep concern at the adoption by the... more

Bahrain: Human Rights Defender Naji Fateel starts a hunger strike for Freedom

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) express... more

UN experts urge Bahrain to release human rights defender Maryam Al-Khawaja

GENEVA (5 September 2014) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts has... more