Category Archives: Attacks on activists

Bahrain cracks down on opposition as elections near

By KALINDI O’BRIEN / THE MEDIA LINE 09/09/2010 05:08 Human rights activists claim Gulf state's... more

Info Alert: Bahrain Cracks Down on Peaceful Shias, Engages in Human Rights Violations

(WASHINGTON DC -- September 16, 2010) The Islamic Information Center joins the statement by the... more

Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders in Egypt and Bahrain Denounced at the UN

14/09/2010 United Nations Human Rights Council: Session 15 Item 2: High Commissioner’s Update- Oral Intervention... more

Bahrain’s Big Experiment With Democracy: The Missing Facts

In a letter sent to the Independent, a UK daily newspaper, the Bahrain Centre for... more

On the Threshold of the Parliamentary Elections: Bahrain Enters a Battle to Abolish the Work of Human Rights Defenders

• Bringing the Rest of the Defendants to the Public Prosecution without informing their Lawyers... more

URGENT – Bahrain: Bahraini Human Rights Activists in the Hands of Authorities

Cairo in 13/9/2010 The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists follows with deep concern and... more

The Observatory: Attacks Against Civil Society Continue With The Suspension of the Bahrain Human Rights Society’s Board

Paris-Geneva, September 10, 2010. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint... more

Front Line: Bahrain: Effective take-over of Bahrain Human Rights Society by Ministry of Social Development

Posted on 2010/09/10 The Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) has learned that it has been... more

Press Conference: Bahrain’s slide to the abyss and the need to defend its people

Political and human rights activists discussed the recent attacks by the Government of Bahrain on... more

HRW: Bahrain: Revoke Order Dissolving Rights Group’s Board

Authorities Should Suspend Takeover of Bahrain Human Rights Society September 9, 2010 (Washington, DC) -... more