Category Archives: Attacks on activists

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The Observatory: Bahrain: The court’s decision not to grant Nabeel Rajab an early release is flawed

Paris-Geneva, December 4, 2013.  Two days ago, the Bahraini Court of Appeals refused to grant Mr.... more

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I’ve Been Forced into Exile for Defending Human Rights in My Home Country, Bahrain

I am not going back to my country.  It was one of the hardest decisions... more

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Front Line Defenders: Bahrain: International Human Rights Organisations Call for Release of Nabeel Rajab

Front Line Defenders joined other international and Bahraini human rights organisations in calling for the... more

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Amnesty Int’l: Bahrain: Human rights activist arrested for speech: Hussain Jawad

UA: 318/13 Index: MDE 11/056/2013 Bahrain Date: 26 November 2013 Bahraini human rights activist Hussain... more

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Amnesty Int’l: Bahrain: End prison ordeal for Nabeel Rajab immediately

Bahrain’s authorities must immediately release Nabeel Rajab, a prominent human rights activist jailed for taking... more

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THE OBSERVATORY: BAHRAIN: The UN finds the detention of Nabeel Rajab as arbitrary; it is urgent to release him

Paris-Geneva, November 27, 2013. The detention of Mr. Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Centre for... more

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Bahrain judicial system continues to hammer human rights defenders with prison orders

The Gulf Center for Human Rights and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights express concern... more

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FIDH and OMCT: Call for the immediate release of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab

Re: Call for the immediate release of arbitrarily detained human rights defender Mr. Nabeel Rajab according... more

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Bahrain: Lawyer mandated by international human rights NGOs denied entry to Bahrain to observe the trial of human rights defender Naji Fateel

November 15, 2013. While the appeals trial of human right defender Naji Fateel is due... more

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Bahrain: Intensified judicial harassment faced by Mr. Mohammed Al-Maskati and other members of BYSHR

New information BHR 003 / 0613 / OBS 052.1 Judicial harassment Bahrain October 31, 2013 ... more