Category Archives: Attacks on activists

World Movement for Democracy: Prominent Blogger and Activist Arrested in Bahrain

September 8, 2010 According to Reporters Without Borders, during the recent, systematic attacks on opposition... more

Bahrain’s Ugly, Sectarian Crackdown on Dissident Bloggers

Sohrab Ahmari Iranian-American Writer and Activist Posted: September 10, 2010 02:42 PM Bahrain's sleek new... more

Foreign Policy: Bahrain’s Shia crackdown

Posted By Steven Sotloff Friday, September 10, 2010

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