Category Archives: Attacks on activists

Bahrain: Mass arbitrary arrests and attacks on protesters continue

19 Nov 2011 The protests in Bahrain have been ongoing on almost a nightly basis,... more

ANHRI: Bahrain: A journalist menaced by imprisonment and fine over fabricated charges

ANHRI condemns the conversion of Reem Khalifa from being a victim to a defendant and... more

Bahraini teachers’ appeal going ahead

14 Nov 2011 Jalila al-Salman, former vice-president of the Bahrain Teachers’ Association (BTA), was released... more

Latest Bahrain trials begin Tuesday

14 November 2011 Dr Kate Webb reports for the ITF on why November is going... more

AlJazeera: Bahraini activists: Seeking refuge in a storm

D. Parvaz - 12 Nov 2011 For a while, it seemed like there might be... more

Freedom House Policy Brief: Killing the Messenger: Bahrain’s Brutal Crackdown

By Courtney C. Radsch and Jennifer Gulbrandson 07 Nov 2011 Amid the political convulsions wracking... more

Bahrain: The continued harassment and persecution of the Medics

Beirut, 6 November, 2011 – Bahraini authorities has ordered doctors who treated injured protesters during... more

Hard Lessons in Democracy Building

Photo: Noor Alderazi - expelled student. By Brian Dooley Director, Human Rights Defenders - Human... more

In Praise of a Bahraini Police Officer

By Brian Dooley Director, Human Rights Defenders Program - Human Rights First 04 Nov 2011... more

Activists detained in Qurain Prison, are prisoners of conscience and must be released immediately

03 Nov 2011 Bahrain Center for human rights (BCHR) came to know that fourteen activists... more