Category Archives: Attacks on activists
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
Bahrain: An open letter from the family of Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab
To the governments of the USA, the UK and all governments who have influence on... more
The Observatory: BAHRAIN: Ongoing arbitrary arrests and judicial harassment of human rights defenders
10 August 2012 Paris-Geneva, August 9, 2012 – As new cases of arbitrary arrests and... more
Amnesty Int’l: Bahrain must free prisoners of conscience after ‘travesty of justice’
09 August 2012 The Bahraini authorities must release 13 opposition activists and prisoners of conscience... more