Category Archives: Attacks on activists
The BCHR Releases Report on Limited Medical Access and Breach of Medical Neutrality in Bahrain
April 8th, 2013 The Bahrain Center for Human Rights, with the help of a medical... more
Bahrain: Solidarity Protests for HRD Nabeel Rajab around the World, But Attacked in Bahrain; Said Yousif Al-Muhafdha Arrested
Photo: Said Yousif Al-Muhafdha while being arrested 23rd March 2013 Human rights defender Said Yousif... more
Bahrain: Urgent Appeal: Zainab Al-Khawaja’s life at imminent risk as she and Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja initiate dry hunger strike
24th March 2013 UPDATE: Both Abdulhadi and his daughter Zainab Al-Khawaja were denied family visits... more
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