Category Archives: Attacks on activists

TOP BAHRAINI COMPANY INFECTED WITH GOVERNMENT SPYWARE SOLD BY UK FIRM IN APPARENT POLITICALLY MOTIVATED TARGETING

Company Declines to be Identified, Citing Potential Reprisals 13 March 2013 [Manama] During the course... more

CIHRS documents acts of reprisals carried out against defenders from the Gulf region for cooperating with the UN

12 March 2013 Today, 12 March 2013, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)... more

BAHRAIN: Verdict expected on 11 March 2013 for human rights defender Said Yousif Al-Muhafdah

Photo: HRD Said Yousif Muhafdhah holding a poster in a protest Press release - Réseau... more

In Defense of Defenders: The Critical Need to Protect Human Rights Defenders in the MENA Region

Room XXII on Mar 6 from 16:30 – 18:30 Speakers: UN Special Rapporteur on HRDs:... more

United Nations: Global Pressure Mounts on Bahrain to End Repression of Democracy Activists

Joint Statement by CIHRS and BCHR 05 Mar 2013 On the 28th February, at the... more

Bahrain: Renewed Detention of Outspoken Activist as Prison Sentences Start to Rain

02 Feb 2013 The Gulf Centre for Human Rights and the Bahrain Centre for Human... more

Bahrain: Remove Baseless Restrictions on Burial Rituals and Allow Family to Hold Funeral Where They Choose

01 MAR 2013 The Bahrain Center for Human Rights is concerned over the restrictions placed... more

Bahrain: Urgent Appeal – Provide Medical Attention to Detained Political Prisoner Kumail Al-Manami

Photo: Signs of torture on Kumail's face and hands 28 FEB 2013 Urgent Appeal The... more

Bahrain: 7 Individuals Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison While Two Police Officers Acquitted

Photo : A solidarity protest with the 20 Prisoners --UPDATE-- Date: 27 FEB 2013 Seven... more

BAHRAIN: Sentenced to two years in prison for advocating and exercising the right to peaceful assembly

Publication of a Judicial Observation Mission Report 19 Feb 2013 The Observatory for the Protection... more