Author Archives: abbas

HRW: Bahrain: Free Prominent Opposition Activist

US, EU Should End Silence on Brutal Treatment of Opposition April 9, 2011 (Manama) -... more

Bahrain – Beating and arrest of human rights defender Mr Abdulhadi Alkhawaja

9 April 2011 On 9 April 2011, human rights defender Mr Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja was arrested... more

PHR Condemns Arrest of Prominent Bahraini Human Rights Activist and Family Members; Urges Immediate US Government Intervention

Cambridge, Mass. — April 9, 2011 — One of Bahrain’s leading human rights activists, Abdulhadi... more

Bahrain: Mounting Clampdown on Trade Unions and Professional Societies

Issued by: Bahrain Centre for Human Rights – 7th April 2011 As a part of... more

RSF report on deporting journalists and forcing others to resign

7 April 2011 BAHRAIN Two Iraqi journalists employed by the opposition newspaper Al-Wasat, Ali Al-Sherify... more

HRW: Bahrain: State of Fear Prevails With Arbitrary Detentions, Pre-Dawn Raids

Medical Doctors Among Those Held Incommunicado April 7, 2011 (Manama) - Arbitrary detention appears rampant... more

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Calls For End to Bahrain Military Crackdown on Patients

MANAMA, BAHRAIN/BRUSSELS/NEW YORK, APRIL 7, 2011—The international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today... more

European Parliament resolution of 7 April 2011 on the situation in Syria, Bahrain and Yemen

7 April 2011 The European Parliament , – having regard to its previous resolutions on... more

Amnesty International: Many Bahraini Protesters Shot, Some at Close Range

April 07, 2011 The global rights group Amnesty International has a fact-finding team in Bahrain... more

Bahrain: Human right defenders, bloggers and political activists at high risk

Targeted/their houses were stormed /escaped arrest/ most are in hide (Updated 06 April 2011) As... more