Category Archives: Attacks on activists

Urgent appeal: Further details regarding the ill-treatment of Nabeel Rajab and Zainab Al-Khawaja in prison of Bahrain

12 Sep 2012- Dates of next session of trial updated inside 09 Sep 2012 Gulf... more

Open Letter to the President of The Arab Republic of Egypt, Dr. Mohamed Morsi Isa El-Ayyat

Johannesburg, August 27, 2012 Dear Mr. President: I write you in my capacity of The... more

Open letter to Mr. Barack Obama, President of the USA from the Family of Bahraini prominent Human Rights Defender

HRD Nabeel Rajab in his house, with his wife Sumaya, his son Adam and his... more

Bahrain: UN experts demand end to campaign of persecution against human rights defenders

23 August 2012 (GENEVA 23 August 2012) – “It is time for the Bahraini authorities... more

Update: Human Rights defender Nabeel Rajab subjected to ill-treatment in prison and placed in a solitary confinement

Archive photo from Feb 2012 Update- 23 August 2012 Nabeel was brought to the court... more

Updates: Bahrain, emboldened by international silence, sentences Nabeel Rajab to 3 years imprisonment

Bahrian's Human Rights Activits, Nabeel Rajab, gives a victory sign during an anti-government protest held... more

International Human Rights Organizations Condemn Sentencing HRD Nabeel Rajab

Last Update- 17 August 2012 Leading human rights groups have called for the immediate release... more

44 International NGOs: Release Bahraini human rights activists NOW

(IFEX) - 17 August 2012 – As international human rights groups, we call on member... more

Verdicts to be Issued Thursday for Bahraini Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab

Track Record of postponements raises question of political show trials. (Witness Bahrain) -August 14, 2012... more

Update: Bahrain: Leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab imprisoned for three months over twitter

Update - 12 August 2012 On 12 August 2012 the court held 2 sessions, one... more