Category Archives: Attacks on activists

صحيفة “بيلد” الألمانية: الصفحات المظلمة لسباق “الفورمولا” في البحرين… تعذيب وتعسف

فون أنتجي شيبمان، صحيفة بيلد ترجمة مرآة البحرين يحل نجوم الفورمولا 1 ومنهم سيباستيان فيتيل... more

End Reprisals Against Leading Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab

13 April 2015 – We in the Bahrain and international human rights NGO community condemn... more

Authorities Further Attack Human Rights Lawyer and Others Whose Citizenship has been Unlawfully Revoked

On 5 April 2015, authorities in Bahrain arrested human right lawyer Taimoor Karimi, who had... more

FIDH/OMCT/ECDHR/BCHR/BIRD/ADHRB joint letter to the EU on the arrest on Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain

Brussels, 7 April 2015, Dear Ms Vice-President/High Representative, On 2 April 2015, at approximately 4:00... more

To mark the 4th anniversary of Abdulhadi’s Arrest: Al-Khawaja and Seif: Two Families Stand Firmly for Freedom and Social Justice

This is the story of two families from different countries who share the same pursuit... more

NGOs Condemn Arrest of BCHR President Nabeel Rajab

2 April 2015 – Today at approximately 4:00 PM local time (GMT+3), Bahraini security forces... more

Bahrain: Human rights defenders Husain Abdulla and Abdulnabi Al-Ekri threatened at the Human Rights Council

On 15 March 2015 during a side event that was organised by Americans for Democracy... more

Bahrain: After detaining her as punishment for her activism, authorities ban human rights defender Ghada Jamsheer from travel

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights expresses its grave concern as the authorities continue to... more

Bahrain: Human rights groups express grave concern as imprisoned Bahraini activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja goes public with hunger strike

After several unsuccessful appeals to prison administration officials for adequate medical assistance, leading Bahraini human... more