Category Archives: Attacks on activists
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
Bahrain: Free Nabeel Rajab Immediately and Unconditionally
The undersigned more than 100 organisations call for the immediate, unconditional release of detained human... more
The Observatory: Bahrain: Ongoing arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against Mr. Nabeel Rajab
URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY New Information BHR 001 / 0812 / OBS 048.7 Arbitrary... more
Frontline Defenders: Bahrain – Detention of Mr Nabeel Rajab ordered by the public prosecution
On 2 October 2014, the public prosecution in Bahrain ordered the detention of prominent human... more
Amnesty: Bahrain must release activist Nabeel Rajab, detained for ‘insulting’ tweets
‘The detention of Nabeel Rajab is yet another serious blow to freedom of expression in Bahrain’ –... more
HRW: Bahrain: Rights Activist Detained
(Beirut, October 3, 2014) – Bahrain authorities arrested a prominent rights activist on October 1, 2014, after... more
State Department expresses “concern” by the Government of Bahrain’s detention of Rajab
In a press briefing Friday morning State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that the State... more
OHCHR Alarmed By Detention of Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 3... more