Author Archives: abbas

Amnesty Intl., EU parliament urge Bahrain to release rights activist Nabeel Rajab

Amnesty International and the European Parliament have independently called on Bahrain to free prominent human... more

FIDH – Twenty-Six NGOs Call for Immediate and Unconditional Release of Bahraini Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab, Prior to His Trial Tomorrow

Tomorrow, 12 July 2016, the trial of the prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab begins.... more

Index – European Parliament adopts resolution condemning Bahrain’s human rights abuses

Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted, with a large majority, a resolution condemning recent human rights... more

Torture, imprisonment and killing – so what would it take for Bahrain to be criticised by Philip Hammond?

Bahrainis are calling their government’s intensified repression of all opposition “the Egyptian strategy”, believing that... more

Bahrain accused of launching cyber war on protest village

Bahrain has been accused of shutting down internet and mobile coverage in a village beset... more

Twenty-Six NGOs Call for Immediate and Unconditional Release of Bahraini Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab, Prior to His Trial Tomorrow

 Tomorrow, 12 July 2016, the trial of the prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab begins.... more

European Parliament adopts an urgency resolution condemning Bahraini authorities’ crackdown on civil society and political opposition

08 July 2016 – Brussels, Belgium – Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted, with a large majority, a... more

Time For U.S. State Department To Finally Listen On Bahrain

Here it comes. A Bahrain court will decide on Monday July 11 whether its largest... more

EU LAWMAKERS CONDEMN BAHRAIN RIGHTS CRACKDOWN

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers are condemning Bahrain’s crackdown on human rights defenders and... more

EU parliament condemns Bahrain’s ‘campaign of repression’

European parliamentarians voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to condemn a crackdown in Bahrain over the past... more