Author Archives: abbas

Bahrain: Woman Human Rights Defender tortured as Bahrain renews campaign to silence peaceful critics

Amnesty International has today called on the Bahraini authorities to immediately end the torture and... more

Bahrain heading for ‘total suppression’ of human rights as secular opposition group banned

Bahrain’s dissolution of a major political opposition society is the latest troubling move in its... more

Bahrain court dissolves main secular opposition group

A court has ordered the dissolution of Bahrain’s main secular opposition group, as the Gulf... more

Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab trial postponed until 12 June

Today the trial of Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been pushed back yet... more

Trial of leading Bahraini activist postponed: rights group

A Bahraini court again denied bail to a leading Bahraini human rights activist on Tuesday... more

Urgent Appeal: Rights activists and bloggers are tortured and forced to suspend and resign from their activities

The year 2017 began with many political repercussions in Bahrain and far from any reform... more

نداء عاجل : نشطاء حقوقيين و مدونين يتعرضون للتعذيب و يجبرون على الاستقالة و تجميد نشاطهم

  البحرين 30 مايو 2017   بَدَأَ عام 2017 بكثير من الارهاصات السياسيَّة في البحرين... more

BAHRAIN: another hearing against Nabeel Rajab scheduled for May 30

New information: The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about another imminent trial hearing... more

RSF urges Bahrain to drop charges against correspondent Nazeeha Saeed

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Bahrain authorities to drop its prosecution of the journalist... more

Trump’s foreign trip will have dangerous consequences. They’ve already begun.

PRESIDENT TRUMP’S distorted foreign policy was exemplified this week in the contrast between his meeting... more