Category Archives: Attacks on activists
UK Foreign Office Minister concerned about sentencing in Bahrain
22 June 2011 "It is deeply worrying that civilians are being tried before tribunals chaired... more
U.S. concerned about Bahrain opposition sentences
22 June 2011 The United States is expressing concern about the severity of life prison... more
Amnesty International: Bahrain military court sentences Shia activists in unfair trial
22 June 2011 A military court in Manama today sentenced a group of 21 prominent... more
RSF: One blogger sentenced to life imprisonment, another to 15 years in jail
On the left: Abduljalil Al-Singace and on the right: Ali Abdulemam 22 June 2011 Reporters... more
HRF: Show Trial Verdicts Further Stain Bahrain’s Reputation
June 22, 2011 Washington, D.C.—Today, verdicts of 21 defendants were pronounced in Bahrain’s large political... more
ANHRI: Bahrain: Vindictive sentences against human rights activists, bloggers & reformists Close road of national reconciliation
CAIRO, June 22, 2011 ANHRI condemned today the unfair issued by the Court of National... more
Bahrain: Front Line condemns life sentence for the organisation’s former Protection Coordinator Abdulhadi Al Khawaja
Front Line, the Dublin based International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders deplores... more
CPJ: In Bahrain, extraordinary tribunal sentences bloggers to life
New York, June 22, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today's politicized verdict in which... more
English PEN: Bahrain: Activist and blogger Abdul-Jalil Alsingace sentenced to life imprisonment
22 June 2011 English PEN is shocked by the life sentence handed down to academic... more
ILO Director-General condemned business groups for intimidating union leaders in Bahrain
June 20, 2011 The Director-General of the ILO condemned the public call by the Joint... more