Category Archives: Attacks on activists

IFEX gravely concerned for safety of IFEX member and BCHR President Nabeel Rajab

(IFEX) - 11 April 2011 - The International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) is gravely... more

HRW: Bahrain: Free Prominent Opposition Activist

US, EU Should End Silence on Brutal Treatment of Opposition April 9, 2011 (Manama) -... more

Bahrain – Beating and arrest of human rights defender Mr Abdulhadi Alkhawaja

9 April 2011 On 9 April 2011, human rights defender Mr Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja was arrested... more

PHR Condemns Arrest of Prominent Bahraini Human Rights Activist and Family Members; Urges Immediate US Government Intervention

Cambridge, Mass. — April 9, 2011 — One of Bahrain’s leading human rights activists, Abdulhadi... more

Nabeel Rajab President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights was beaten, blindfolded and detained

To the left archived photo and to the right recent photo of the attack on... more

Bahrain: Crackdown in Bahrain: Human Rights at the crossroads

Index Number: MDE 11/001/2011 Date Published: 11 February 2011 Categories: Bahrain Human rights have come... more

The Observatory: Administrative harassment against 24 lawyers – BHR 001 / 0111 / OBS 007

24 January 2011 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme... more

Bahrain : Refusal to Investigate Torture incidents Asserts Trial Unfairness

The Arabic Network Publishes The Trial Monitor Report Cairo , December 23rd , 2010 The... more

Reporters Without Borders: Jailed blogger’s wife talks to the BBC

20 December 2010 Jenan Al Oraibi, the wife of Ali Abdulemam, a blogger who has... more

After King Speech Praising Security Crackdown: Bahraini Authorities Arrest Prominent Activist and Victim of Torture

15 December 2010 The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights expresses its concerns over Bahraini Authorities’... more