Category Archives: Attacks on activists

PHR: US Should Halt Weapon Sales to Bahrain Until Verdicts Are Set Aside

30 September 2011 In response to the harsh sentences handed down on Thursday against 20... more

BPA: Jail sentences for two Bahraini bloggers condemned as “unfair and outrageous”

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

International concerns over sentencing activists and 20 medical professionals by the military court in Bahrain

US Statement on the sentencing of 20 medical professionals by the National Safety Court in... more

Amnesty International:Urgent Action: Bahrain teachers given jail sentences

DOCUMENT - BAHRAIN TEACHERS GIVEN JAIL SENTENCES: FURTHER INFORMATION Further information on UA: 227/11 Index:... more

Minister for the Middle East expresses concern about sentences in Bahrain

30 September 2011 Minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt reiterated the British Government’s deep... more

US Statement on the sentencing of 20 medical professionals by the National Safety Court in Bahrain

Press Statement Mark C. Toner Deputy Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC September 29,... more

Observatory: Series of harsh, disproportionate and unfair sentences against professionals for standing by human rights victims

30 Sep 2011 The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against... more

Freedom House: Twenty Bahraini Doctors Sentenced to Prison

30 Sep 2011 On September 29, a Bahrain Special Security Court handed down prison sentences... more

Statement by Bahraini Medics sentenced by military court on 29th September 2011

On September 29, 2011, a group of 20 Medics was sentenced in the Bahrain National... more

WMA condemns Prison Sentences on Physicians in Bahrain

(30.09.2011) The World Medical Association has condemned as totally unacceptable the prison sentences imposed by... more