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University students sentenced to 15 years imprisonment and ongoing sham trials

14 March 2012 The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its grave concern over the... more

«مراسلون بلاحدود»: البحرين تنضم لقائمة الدولة المعادية للإنترنت

الوسط - محرر الشئون المحلية صنفت منظمة مراسلون بلا حدود مملكة البحرين ضمن الدول المعادية... more

Reporters Without Borders names Bahrain ‘enemy of Internet’ for its crackdown on bloggers

12 MARCH 2012 Excerpts from the full report Bahrain and Belarus move from “under surveillance”... more

On World Day Against Cyber Censorship: Continued Censorship in Bahrain, freedom of Speech Alert!

March 12, 2012 On World Day Against Cyber Censorship, Bahrain continues its violations and repressive... more

IFEX: Forty-five rights groups call on King to free Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, whose life is at risk in prison

(BCHR/IFEX) - 5 March 2012 - The following is a letter by 45 IFEX members... more

Human rights defenders in Bahrain: heroes of a forgotten revolution

On Monday, February 27, 2012, the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)... more

Amnesty International: Urgent Action: Teenager arrested, risks torture in Bahrain

28 Feb 2012 A Kuwaiti teenager arrested in Bahrain on 12 February 2012 is currently... more

HRF: Bahrain Regime Postpones Medics Case Again

February 27, 2012 Washington, DC – Today, the 20 Bahrain medics who were detained, tortured... more

CPJ Report: Attacks on the press in 2011

KEY DEVELOPMENTS » Press freedom conditions hit their worst point since Bahrain gained its independence... more

GCHR: Open appeal to the king of Bahrain and the Bahraini government to release human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja

Beirut, 25 February 2012 -- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights appeals to the King... more