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