Category Archives: Freedom of expression

HRW: Bahrain: Award-Winning Photographers Targeted

‘This Will Teach You Not to Take Photos’ (Beirut) – Authorities in Bahrain are arbitrarily... more

Renewed call for release of jailed Bahraini journalists before Human Rights Council’s 26th Session

Ahead of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 26th Session, ten free speech and human... more

Bahrain: The Families of Victims of Extra-Judicial Killings are the Target of Continuing Acts of Retaliation

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights expresses its concern at the Bahraini Authorities’ continuing acts... more

Bahrain Press Association launches its annual report: Bahrain, “Less Freedom, Broader Impunity.”

London, 3 May 2014: The Bahrain Press Association “BPA” launches 2013 annual report, “Less Freedom, Broader... more

BYSHR | Bahrain: Sentencing Two Activists with 5 Years in Prison and Neglecting the Torture and Abuse

  The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights expresses its deep concern for sentencing two... more

BYSHR | Bahrain: Rejecting a Lawsuit to Stop the Decision of Revoking the Citizenship of a Political Activist

  The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights expresses its deep concern for the Bahraini... more

Bahrain: Report on World Press Freedom Day

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights releases today a report for World Press Freedom Day,... more

CPJ: Ten journalists to free from prison

(..) On World Press Freedom Day, the Committee to Protect Journalists is highlighting 10 emblematic... more

RSF: Judicial persecution of Bahraini news providers continues

Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the five-year jail sentences that a court passed today on... more

Independent UN human rights expert urges Bahrain to stop persecuting Shi’a Muslims

  24 April 2014 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged the... more