Author Archives: abbas

UK Parliamentarians express concern for Bahrain activists

23rd June, 2011 Politicians in the UK have been speaking out against the showtrials of... more

Freedom House: Continuing Abuses by Bahraini Government Demand Stronger Response by U.S. and International Community

WashingtonJune 17, 2011 Freedom House welcomes yesterday’s statement by the United States at the United... more

Regional and International rights groups condemn verdicts against the activists after unfair trial

The martial court issues verdicts on 22 June 2011 against 21 rights activists and political... more

Bahrain: Systematic Attacks on Activists’ Relatives to Pressure Them to Stop Their Activity

Some relatives who have been arrested, from right to left: Hassan AlMahfoodh, Wafi AlMajid, Hussein... more

Discrimination and deprivation of religious freedom in Bahrain

Bahraini Security forces and army destroying mosques and religious facilities of the Shiite sect, some... more

Dismissal of hundreds of employees in transport sector in Bahrain, in violation of local law and international conventions

18 June 2011 The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its grave concern due to... more

العفو الدولية: محكمة عسكرية بالبحرين تصدر أحكاما على ناشطين شيعيين بعد محاكمة غير عادلة

22 يونيو 2011 أصدرت محكمة عسكرية في المنامة أحكاماً على مجموعة من 21 شخصاً من... more

Bahrain: Front Line condemns life sentence for the organisation’s former Protection Coordinator Abdulhadi Al Khawaja

Front Line, the Dublin based International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders deplores... more

RSF: Journalist deported, others tried in Bahrain

22 June 2011 Finian Cunningham, an Irish journalist and writer who has been living in... more

CPJ: In Bahrain, extraordinary tribunal sentences bloggers to life

New York, June 22, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today's politicized verdict in which... more