Author Archives: abbas
Joint Letter to the President of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA)
Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al-Khalifa To: Mr. Joseph S. Blatter President International Federation of Football... more
BAHRAIN: Sentenced to two years in prison for advocating and exercising the right to peaceful assembly
Publication of a Judicial Observation Mission Report 19 Feb 2013 The Observatory for the Protection... more
Bahrain: Weaponizing Teargas by Bahrain Authorities Kills Another Victim: 20 Year-Old Mahmood Al-Jazeeri
Photo : Right Mahmood Al-Jazeeri, Left: Mahmood Al-Jazeera while in Coma at Hospital Date: 22nd... more
Bahrain: “Haji Majeed” a 63 year-old Peaceful Protestor, Arbitrary Arrested for the 3rd Time and Facing Trumped-Up Charges
Photo: Haji Majeed’s arbitrary and humiliating arrest during a peaceful protest in Manama Date: 24th... more
Bahrain: Detainee Beaten, Now Confined to Wheelchair and Deprived From Medical Care Post-Surgery
10 Feb 2013 The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses concern over the torture allegations... more
Bravo: Resurgence of Sexual Violence as a Torture Technique in Bahrain
April 2013 Sexual violence in its many forms has re-emerged as a torture technique in... more
Bahrain: Government Effectively Cancels UN Special Rapporteur on Torture’s Visit
The following statement was taken from the official website for the UN's Office of the... more
Bahrain: BCHR President, Nabeel Rajab, Denied Adequate Medical Care in Prison
Photo: Rajab, pictured above, after an attack from the security forces in 2005 24 April... more
Bahrain: Crackdown Intensifies in Wake of F1 Race
Protesters Arrested and Feared Tortured, Charged Under Terrorism Law, Special Rapporteur on Torture Denied Access... more
New REDRESS and IRCT report on Bahrain: fundamental reforms needed to combat torture
18-04-2013 The Government of Bahrain must take further measures to prevent torture and ill-treatment, to... more