Author Archives: abbas

Ceartas welcomes Council’s planned visit to RCSI-Bahrain

Published 03 April 2014 Ceartas (Irish Lawyers for Human Rights) has told the Medical Independent... more

Activist Abdulelah Almahoozi At Great Risk Of Torture If Handed Over To Bahraini Authorities By German Police

Update (16 July 2014) – Almahoozi was released from detention.   13 July 2014- The... more

Freedom House: Freedom in the World 2014, Bahrain

TREND ARROW:  Bahrain received a downward trend arrow due to a new ban on unapproved... more

Amnesty Int'l | Bahrain: Dr. Sa’eed Al-Samahiji Jailed for Insulting the King

Amnesty International issued the following Urgent Action yesterday on behalf of Dr. Sa’eed Mothaher Habib Al-Samahiji, who... more

Freedom House: Bahrain Expels U.S. Assistant Secretary of State

7 July 2014 In response to the Government of Bahrain’s decision to expel U.S. Assistant... more

HRF: U.S Government Should Overhaul Strategy in Bahrain as Foreign Ministry Asks Senior State Department Official to Leave the Country

Posted 7 July 2014 Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today said that the Bahrain Foreign... more

RWB: Satirical Blogger Held for the Past Three Weeks

Posted 8 July 2014 Reporters Without Borders condemns the detention of the person the authorities... more

Front Line Defenders: One year prison sentence upheld against human rights defender Dr Saeed Al Samahiji

Posted on 08 April 2014 On 3 April 2014 a Bahraini Court of Appeal ruled... more

Bahrain: Arrest of Human Rights Defender Dr. Saeed Al-Samahiji

In the early hours of 1 July 2014, Dr. Saeed Al-Samahiji was arrested from his... more