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OHCHR: Bahrain: Violations Of Public Freedoms And Targeting Of Human Rights Activists Remain Of Serious Concern

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Date: 5 September 2014... more

Freedom House: Bahrain Widens Repression by Detaining Maryam al-Khawaja

Washington August 31, 2014 In response to Bahrain’s arrest August 30 of Maryam al-Khawaja, a... more

REDRESS: Maryam Al­Khawaja: Bahraini Human Rights Defender Must Be Immediately Released

London, 1 September 2014 – REDRESS strongly condemns the detention in Bahrain on Saturday 30... more

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maryam?

The Bahraini government faces a tricky choice in the coming days as it weighs the... more

THE OBSERVATORY: Denial of entry into Bahrain and arbitrary detention of Ms. Maryam Al-Khawaja

URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY BHR 002 / 0914 / OBS 075 Travel restrictions /... more

Amnesty Int’l: Deep concern about arrest of Bahraini female human rights activist

Amnesty International is deeply concerned about the detention of prominent human rights activist, Maryam Al-Khawaja,... more

HRW Dispatches: Time to Stand up for Bahrain’s Dissidents

Many Bahraini activists have borne the brunt of their government’s unjust laws, unfair convictions and... more

MEPs call for the immediate release of Maryam Al-Khawaja, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and all those wrongfully imprisoned in Bahrain

Brussels, 04 September 2014 – We, Members of the European Parliament, call for the immediate... more

Denmark: Meeting between concerned NGOs and Danish Foreign Minister

We were received on a short notice yesterday by the Danish Foreign Minister, Mr. Martin... more

Bahraini photographer Ammar Abdul Rasool, subjected to torture over a photograph he shot

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights expresses its deep concern over the continuing policy of... more