Category Archives: Attacks on activists
Bahrain: The regime takes revenge on peaceful activists – Nader AbdelImam faces a new charge for founding a human rights organisation “Ensaf”
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights condemn the repressive policies used by the Bahraini authorities... more
Bahrain: Women’s rights defender Ghada Jamsheer released and immediately re-arrested
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR)... more
The Observatory: Bahrain: Provisional release of Mr. Nabeel Rajab
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the release of Mr. Nabeel Rajab, President... more
NGOs Call for Immediate Release of Activists Detained for Free Speech
Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain, The Bahrain Center for Human Rights, and... more
GCHR: Bahrain: Women human rights defenders at risk in detention
Bahrain’s disregard for the health of detained women human rights defenders and their children is... more
NGOs Urge Bahrain to Drop Charges, Lift Travel Ban on Nabeel Rajab
3 November 2014 – On 2 November, a Bahraini court ordered the release of prominent... more
Bahrain’s allies must take action to free human rights defenders
28 October 2014 – The undersigned 40 organisations call on the international community to publicly... more
NGOs Welcome United Nations General Assembly Concerns over Bahrain
24 October 2014 – Yesterday, Liechtenstein delivered a statement during the interactive dialogue with the... more
Rights groups call on UK to press Bahrain to release human rights defenders
Press release: 17 October 2014 Rights groups call on UK to press Bahrain to release... more
Update: Bahrain: Zainab Al-Khawaja arrested
–Update 14 October– Zainab Al-Khawaja was arrested today, 14 October 2014, during a court hearing... more