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