Category Archives: Attacks on activists

Summon of Nabeel Rajab for his tweets, Return of military trials and other news from Bahrain

23 August 2011 Nabeel Rajab President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights was summoned... more

Amnesty International: Bahrain must not try activists in military court

22 August 2011 The Bahraini authorities’ decision to try two prominent women activists in a... more

ANHRI: Arab governments target Twitter users; Bahraini rights activist summoned

(ANHRI/IFEX) - 20 August 2011 - ANHRI is deeply concerned over the targeting of Twitter... more

Bahrain frees Head of Nursing Society and Deputy Head Teachers Society

On 21 August 2011 Bahraini authorities released Rola al-Safar, the country’s top nursing official, and... more

HRF: Female Teacher on Hunger Strike in Bahrain Hospitalized

17 August 2011 By Human Rights Defenders Program Human Rights First In July, Human Rights... more

Scholars at Risk calls for letters on behalf of Prof. Masaud Jahromi

August 16, 2011 Scholars at Risk (SAR) is gravely concerned about Professor Masaud Jahromi, Chairman... more

Mid East Posts: What to do About Bahrain? A Headache For Both Obama and Blatter

Written by James M. Dorsey US president Barak Obama and Sepp Blatter, the head of... more

Education International: Bahrain: Release detained teacher union leaders

11 August 2011 EI, together with Amnesty International, urgently calls on its member organisations to... more

ICRC: Health care in danger: making the case

10 Aug 2011 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday it... more

NPR: An Update With A Woman Caught In The Middle Of Bahrain’s Crackdown

Former MP Jawad Fairooz by EYDER PERALTA NPR Listen to the Story on NPR.org On... more