Category Archives: Attacks on activists

HRW: Bahrain: Drop Charges Against Rights Activists

Wrong Time for US to Resume Arms Sales MAY 15, 2012 (Beirut) – Bahraini authorities... more

Amnesty Int’l Urgent Action: Verdict approaching in Bahrain medics’ case

Further information on UA: 296/11 Index: MDE 11/031/2012 Bahrain Date: 15 May 2012 The verdict... more

FIDH’s International Board Demands the Immediate Release of its Deputy Secretary General Nabeel Rajab

13 May 2012 The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) on the occasion of its... more

Article 19: Call for Bahrain to Release Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab

10 May 2012 ARTICLE 19 condemns the arrest of human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, director... more

Front Line Defenders: Bahrain: Arrest, detention and trial of human rights defender Mr Nabeel Rajab

11 May 2012 On the evening of 5 May 2012, prominent human rights defender Mr... more

CIHRS: Learning from the worst dictators: Human rights defenders under severe attack in Bahrain

07 May 2012 The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) demands the immediate release... more

Bahrain Authorities Continue to Detain, Target and Harass Human Rights Defenders

BCHR President Nabeel Rajab Arrested Last Update: 07 May 2012 Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab,... more

Freedom House: Bahrain Must Release Activist Nabeel Rajab

07 May 2012 Freedom House calls for the release of Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab who... more

Bahrain: The government of Bahrain must release all detained human rights defenders immediately and unconditionally

Detention and ill-treatment of Human Rights Defender Zainab Al-Khawaja 30 April 2012 Beirut, 30 April,... more

MEP Ana Gomes denied a visa and turned back at airport in Bahrain

As received- Brussels, 29th of April 2012 - Ana Gomes, Member of the European Parliament... more