Category Archives: Attacks on activists

Press Release: Joint Letter to FIA Calling for Suspension of 2014 Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix

On 14 January 2014, a group of NGOs sent a joint letter to the Mr.... more

Democracy Now: Bahraini Human Rights Activist Zainab Alkhawaja Freed from Prison, Father Still Behind Bars

n Monday, Democracy Now! spoke to human rights activist Zainab Alkhawaja upon her release from... more

Bahrain: Continued Use Of Politicized Judiciary By The Authority To Keep Activist Zainab Al-Khawaja Behind Bars

–Update– Zainab Al-Khawaja was released from prison on 16 February 2014. She still has many... more

Culture of #Impunity: Interview with Said Yousif Al-Muhafda

The decision to exile oneself from their home country is certainly not easy, but for... more

Amnesty Int’l: Bahrain: Woman activist sentenced again in Bahrain: Zainab Al-Khawaja

Further information on UA: 232/12 Index: MDE 11/007/2014 Bahrain Date: 31 January 2014 URGENT ACTION... more

Bahrain must abide by its own laws and immediately release leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR)... more

Defending Freedoms Hearing: Plight of Prisoners of Conscience around the World: Nabeel Rajab

In December 2012 the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC), in conjunction with the U.S.... more

FIDH & OMCT: Open Letter to the authorities: Call for the immediate implementation of the United Nations Opinion on Nabeel Rajab’s case

Re: Call for the immediate implementation of the United Nations Opinion on Nabeel Rajab’s case ... more