Author Archives: abbas
CPJ: Attacks on the Press in Bahrain
New York, March 22, 2011 In Bahrain, police fired pellets at CBS Radio correspondent Toula... more
FIDH Deputy Secretary General Abused by the Police
20 March 2011 The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is extremely worried at the... more
HRW: Bahrain: New Arrests Target Doctors, Rights Activists
In Widening Crackdown on Critics, Four Doctors Among 15 Recently Arrested March 20, 2011 (Manama)... more
Nabeel Rajab President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights was beaten, blindfolded and detained
To the left archived photo and to the right recent photo of the attack on... more
مراسلون بلا حدود: اعتداءات بالجملة ضد صحافيين يغطون المظاهرات المؤيدة للديمقراطية
19 مارس 2011 ما زالت السلطات في البلدان العربية تلجأ إلى العنف وسيلةً للرد على... more
RSF: More harassment of journalists covering pro-democracy demonstrations
19 March 2011 Reporters Without Borders records that the authorities continue to respond with violence... more
ICRC: Bahrain: medical personnel must have unimpeded access to the injured
17 March 2011 Geneva/Kuwait (ICRC) – Against the backdrop of recent events in Bahrain, it... more
Amnesty Int: Bahrain must free detained opposition activists
18 March 2011 Amnesty International is calling for the immediate release of eight prominent Bahraini... more
Call for Urgent Debate on the human rights situation in Bahrain at the 16th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
18 March, 2011 Excellency, As human rights non-governmental organizations we express our deep concern over... more
BCHR: Bahraini Security Personnel are Instigating and Inciting Civil Violence
Security Forces are engaging in rogue practices which inflame the current situation in Bahrain and... more