Category Archives: Attacks on activists

Human Rights Defender Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman at Risk of Arrest in Bahrain

The Bahraini authorities summoned the human rights defender and scholar Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman to be... more

Update: Further Deterioration in the Health of Nabeel Rajab

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is alarmed about information received regarding the further... more

Nabeel Rajab Trial Postponed a Second Time, Faces 15 Years Imprisonment Over Tweets

2 August 2016 – The High Criminal Court in Bahrain today postponed for the second... more

Index – Why is Nabeel Rajab a repeated target of the Bahraini authorities?

Nabeel Rajab, the Bahraini human rights activist and Index on Censorship award winner, is due... more

NGOs to Sec. Kerry: Send US Ambassador to Nabeel Rajab’s trial

1 August 2016 The Honorable John F. Kerry Secretary of State U.S. Department of State... more

Amnesty International – Bahrain: Further information: Freed prisoner of conscience back in court: Ebrahim Sharif

Bahraini prisoner of conscience Ebrahim Sharif was released from Jaw prison having served a one-year... more

Human Rights Watch – Bahrain: Activist on Trial Over Twitter Comments

A Prominent Bahraini human rights activist faces up to 12 years in prison for criticizing... more

RSF condemns court’s decision to keep Nabeel Rajab in detention

After a court extended Bahrain Centre for Human Rights president Nabeel Rajab’s detention in connection... more

Bahrain wields travel curbs in crackdown on opponents-activists

After a border official stopped him leaving Bahrain last week, citing a security order, Mohammed... more

FIDH – High Criminal Court decided to postpone the trial of Mr. Nabeel Rajab

According to the information received, on July 12, 2016, the request for release filed by... more