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Amnesty Int'l: Bahrain urged to free remaining prisoners of conscience

29 May 2012 Bahrain must immediately and unconditionally release all prisoners of conscience, Amnesty International... more

Amnesty Int’l: Bahrain urged to free remaining prisoners of conscience

29 May 2012 Bahrain must immediately and unconditionally release all prisoners of conscience, Amnesty International... more

Bahrain activist Al-Khawaja to end hunger strike

28 May 2012 Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is to end his 110-day hunger... more

Amnesty Int'l: Bahrain: Zainab Al-Khawaja sentenced; trials continue

Further information on UA: 117/12 Index: MDE 11/035/2012 Bahrain Date: 25 May 2012 URGENT ACTION... more

Amnesty International: Bahrain: Bail set for prominent activist but no release

URGENT ACTION 23 May 2012 On 20 May a Bahraini court granted bail to the... more

First session of Court of Appeal in the case of the 21 political leaders and activists held under tight security procedures

The Judge postpones the hearing until the 22 of May, and prisoners of conscience confirm... more

RSF: Bahrain – Journalist arrested for comments during radio interviews

18 May 2012 Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns freelance journalist and blogger Ahmed Radhi’s arrest... more

One hundred organisations call to end assault on freedom of speech, and to free all detained human rights defenders and netizens

18 May 2012 (Gulf Centre for Human Rights and Bahrain Centre for Human Rights) -... more

CPJ: Bahrain arrests critical journalist

New York, May 17, 2012--A journalist who criticized Bahrain's proposed union with Saudi Arabia was... more

Article 19: Bahrain must commit to improve free expression

18 May 2012 ARTICLE 19 has called on the UN member states to urge Bahrain... more