Author Archives: abbas

BPA: Bahrain is racing F1 cars in persecuting media professionals and freedom of expression

LONDON, April 22, 2012 – Bahrain Press Association ("BPA"), the London-based association concerned with defending... more

Amnesty International: Bahrain court delays ‘toying with hunger striker’s life’

23 April 2012 The postponement of the appeals trial for 14 jailed opposition activists is... more

CPJ: Bahrain cracks down on news around Formula One races

New York, April 23, 2012--Bahraini authorities, intent on suppressing coverage of the restive political conditions... more

لجنة حماية الصحفيين: البحرين تقمع التغطية الصحفية على هامش سباقات فورميولا 1 للسيارات

نيويورك، 23 نيسان/إبريل 2012 - اعتقلت السلطات البحرينية سبعة صحفيين دوليين على الأقل كانوا يحاولون... more

Race day of F1 Grand Prix: Protests around Bahrain suppressed while peaceful protesters, activists & journalists arrested

Left to Right: Dr Alaa Shehabi, one of the arrested women at the BIC, Jonathan... more

RSF: Government measures to muzzle media move into high gear

20 APRIL 2012 Reporters Without Borders deplores the breaches of press freedom by the Bahraini... more

مراسلون بلا حدود: البحرين – استمرار الحكومة في تكميم الصحافة

20 أبريل 2012 بمناسبة سباق الفورمولا 1 الذي ينظّم في البحرين من 20 إلى 22... more

Fifty IFEX members and partners call for freedom for Bahraini human rights defenders, bloggers and activists

17 April 2012 (WiPC/IFEX) - The following is a letter signed by 50 IFEX members... more

Bahraini authorities escalate crackdown on human rights activists ahead of F1

Left: Nabeel Rajab, Right: Said Yousif Al Mahafdha 18 April 2012 In an attempt to... more

Declaration by High Representative Catherine Ashton on behalf of the EU concerning the situation of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja

EUROPEAN UNION Brussels, 17 April 2012 8822/12 PRESSE 155 The EU expresses its serious and... more