Category Archives: Attacks on activists

ARTICLE 19 Condemns the Targeting of Human Rights Activists and Calls for the Reform of Laws Aimed at Silencing Dissenting Voice

ARTICLE 19 Condemns the Targeting of Human Rights Activists and Calls for the Reform of... more

Bahrain: Travel Ban on Prominent Human Rights Activist, Abdulhadi Alkhawaja faces 10 years imprisonment for delivering a speech

Abdulhadi Alkhawaja faces 10 years imprisonment for delivering a speech February 9, 2009 The Bahrain... more

URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY: Incomunicado detention and Harassment of Activists

Bahrain February 6, 2009 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint... more

JOINT ACTION: Twenty IFEX members around the globe denounce jailing of activists for expressing their views

Alert PRINT PAGE JOINT ACTION: Twenty IFEX members around the globe denounce jailing of activists... more

The French President Shares the Responsibility for Training the Brutal SSF in Bahrain

Issued by: the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, January 2009

Three prominent human rights activists from the opposition have been arrested in the early hours of the morning of 26 January

URGENT ALERT: Bahrain – Haq Movement representative Dr Abdul Jalil Al-Singace arrested 27 January 2009... more

Front Line: Bahrain: Increasing restrictions on the activities of human rights defenders

Posted on 2009/02/03 Human rights defenders in Bahrain are facing increasing restrictions on their activities.... more

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Bahrain: Concerns about recent arrests and allegations of torture

Document - Bahrain: Concerns about recent arrests and allegations of torture 30 January 2009 AI... more

BCHR/IFEX: Activists imprisoned for writing slogans and posting portraits to commemorate torture victims

Date: 28 January 2009 The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) has learned that three... more