Author Archives: abbas
Bahrain activist’s trial postponed to Dec. 15
Bahrain on Monday postponed until Dec. 15 the trial of prominent democracy activist Nabeel Rajab... more
Bahrain activist's trial postponed to Dec. 15
Bahrain on Monday postponed until Dec. 15 the trial of prominent democracy activist Nabeel Rajab... more
Urgent Appeal Letter about Ghada Jamsheer's case by the Observatory
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders,... more
Letter from Jailed Bahrain Activist Nabeel Rajab to US Congress Lantos Commission
Leading Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab is due a court verdict on Monday after... more
Nabeel Rajab’s unlawful detention continues: trial postponed, investigations reopened
31 October 2016 – Today, the High Criminal Court postponed the trial of prominent human... more
America should use its leverage with Bahrain
The Oct. 27 editorial “ ‘Is this the kind of ally America wants?’ ” highlighted the Obama... more
Bahrain prevents family of dissident from flying to London to join him
Officials in Bahrain have prevented the wife and infant son of a London-based dissident from... more
Bahrain opposition group appeals against dissolution
Bahrain’s main Shiite opposition group has appealed against a court ruling that it should be... more
Freedom of the Press Report 2016
Press freedom declined to its lowest point in 12 years in 2015, as political, criminal, and terrorist... more
Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary General Calls for Dealing with Society’s Dissolution as One of “Authorities’ Failures”
Deputy Secretary General of the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi called on the... more