Author Archives: abbas

Bahrain: Urgent Appeal: Zainab Al-Khawaja’s life at imminent risk as she and Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja initiate dry hunger strike

24th March 2013 UPDATE: Both Abdulhadi and his daughter Zainab Al-Khawaja were denied family visits... more

Bahrain: Rights of the Child are Ignored, Children Are Interrogated Without Lawyers and Imprisoned

21 March 2013 The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its grave concern over the... more

Bahrain: Dozens of Protestors arrested and Injured on the 2nd Anniversary of Foreign GCC Peninsula Shield Deployment in Bahrain

Photo: Protestors Sit-In Facing Riot Police Date: 14th March 2013 The Bahrain Center for Human... more

BPA: Arresting Twitter activists with charges pertaining to King slandering is yet another sign of dictatorship

Journalists' blacklists is a 'torn-out' policy and cannot be grasped by the public Tortures' acquittal... more

RSF: Bahrain one of 5 governments "ENEMIES OF THE INTERNET"

13 Mar 2013 Today, 12 March, World Day Against Cyber-Censorship, Reporters Without Borders is releasing... more

TOP BAHRAINI COMPANY INFECTED WITH GOVERNMENT SPYWARE SOLD BY UK FIRM IN APPARENT POLITICALLY MOTIVATED TARGETING

Company Declines to be Identified, Citing Potential Reprisals 13 March 2013 [Manama] During the course... more

CIHRS documents acts of reprisals carried out against defenders from the Gulf region for cooperating with the UN

12 March 2013 Today, 12 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)... more

After a year-long show trial: no one is found guilty for killing blogger under torture in police custody

Photo: Torture marks on body of blogger Zakariya Al-Asheeri 13 Mar 2013 Bahrain Center for... more

Bahrain: “Haji Majeed” a 63 year-old Peaceful Protestor Sentenced to 4 Months in Prison On Trumped-Up Charges

Photo: Haji Majeed’s arbitrary and humiliating arrest during a peaceful protest in Manama Update 12th... more

International Women's Day: Bahraini Women imprisoned, tortured, killed, stripped from nationality, .. and impunity for abusers

7 Mar 2013 On the International Women's Day, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses... more