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Bahrain: UN official urges probe after media professionals die in detention
21 April 2011 – A senior United Nations official today called for an investigation into... more
Amnesty International: Bahrain: A Human Rights Crisis – Briefing paper
21 April 2011 AI INDEX: MDE 11/019/2011 Bahrain today is a country caught in the... more
Bahrain: 102 Human rights defenders express support for Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
Posted on 2011/04/21 Today 102 human rights from across the Middle East and North Africa... more
Bahrain: Front Line Defenders refused access to Military Court hearing of Abdulhadi Al- Khawaja
amid ongoing fears of torture and ill-treatment during arbitrary detention. Posted on 2011/04/21 Front Line... more
Amnesty International: Bahrain: Bahraini opposition leader feared tortured, Ebrahim Sharif
Further information on UA: 079/11 AI Index: MDE 11/020/2011 Bahrain Date: 20 April 2011 URGENT... more
Payne, McGovern and Baldwin denounce human rights abuses in Bahrain.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 Congressman Donald M. Payne, Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Africa,... more
National Criminal Defense Bar Condemns Arrest of Human Rights Lawyer in Bahrain
WASHINGTON, DC (April 20, 2011) – The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) strongly... more
Visit of Catherine Ashton to Bahrain: a test case for the EU’s human rights policy!
20 April 2011 Ms. High Representative, Your visit to the Gulf region is scheduled at... more
IHRC: Bahrain – Head of University Department Imprisoned
19 April 2011 The crackdown on academics and free thought continues as Dr Masaud Jahromi... more
HRW: Bahrain: Attack on Rights Defender’s Home
Click to view more images April 18, 2011 (Manama) - Unknown assailants lobbed teargas grenades... more