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