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Australian Greens Party Seeks Halting Export of Advanced Monitoring Devices to Bahrain

The Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights said that The Australian Greens (Australia’s Green... more

US Department of State calls for immediate release of Nabeel Rajab

The Spokesman of the US State Department, Mark Toner, said in yesterday’s ( 6 September)... more

Punishing Dissent in Bahrain

Nabeel Rajab, a prominent human rights activist in Bahrain, has racked up a long rap... more

U.S. urges Bahrain to free jailed rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab

The United States voiced concern on Tuesday about the detention of leading Bahraini democracy campaigner... more

US urges Bahrain to free rights activist Nabeel Rajab

The US State Department has urged Bahrain to immediately release the prominent human rights activist... more

BCHR Submits Written Statement on Bahrain to the Human Rights Council

On the occasion of the 33nd session of the Human Rights Council, BCHR in conjunction... more

Bahrain: Domestic Workers Freedom of Religion and Worship Rights

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and Bahrain Interfaith condemn the government of Bahrain’s... more

Bahrain delays court date for human rights campaigner for third time

On Monday, 5 September a Bahraini court delayed the trial of Index award-winning human rights... more

Bahrain brings new charges against man believed to be top democracy activist

Bahrain prosecutors on Monday filed new charges against a man believed by rights activists to... more

Prominent Rights Activist Charged for New York Times Letter

On 5 September the Bahrain’s Public Prosecutor today charged prominent human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab,... more