Category Archives: Attacks on activists

Update: NGOs condemn Prison Sentences on Doctors in Bahrain

Last Update 6 Oct 2011 On September 29, 2011, a group of 20 Medics was... more

Teachers in Bahrain on World Teachers Day: Jailed, tortured, prosecuted and dismissed from work for political reasons

Photo: Security forces crackdown on schools, one way of how teachers were arrested in March... more

Daughter of jailed Bahrain opposition leader speaks about his torture whilst in detention

October 4, 2011 A Bahrain military court today jailed Sheikh Mohammed Ali al-Mahfoodh, Chairman of... more

Amnesty LiveWire: Testimonies from Bahrain: My father, the activist

By Yara Ebrahim Al Sayed 26 Sep 2011 It was the day after my last... more

Bahrain medics seek UN probe of prison sentences

2 Oct 2011 MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahraini doctors and nurses convicted of links to... more

One woman’s story of the terror stalking Bahrain

29 September 2011 Ivana Davidovic WVoN co-editor It was 1.30 am on March 29 this... more

Al Jazeera: 48 hours in Sanabis

Protesters in Bahrain continue to struggle against government forces amid tear gas and an overwhelming... more

Amnesty LiveWire: Testimonies from Bahrain: Arrested for treating the injured

29 Sep 2011 This blog was written before its author and 19 other health workers... more

BPA: Announces the Release of its Report on Abuses Against Media People

2 October 2011 LONDON – Bahrain Press Association "BPA", the London-based association concerned with defending... more

BYSHR: Urgent Appeal: 14 Rights Activists and Opposition Leaders banned from medical care due to their hunger strike

2 Oct 2011 Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) expresses its deep concern regarding... more