Category Archives: Attacks on activists

Harsh sentences by Military Court for hundreds of civilians and activists, including a death sentence

Harsh sentences by Military Court for hundreds of civilians and activists, including a death sentence.... more

Al Jazeera: Bahraini doctors speak out against torture

Doctors have been tortured and given long prison sentences for giving medical care to anti-government... more

Bahrain in danger of being ‘Berlin of the Middle East’ – Liam Fox

Tory defence secretary warns that Shia protests and Sunni government crackdown will turn nation into... more

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