Category Archives: Freedom of expression
Bahrain: NPWJ, NRPTT, Freedom House, PGA and other NGOs call for the dropping of all charges against Khalil Almarzooq
11 December 2013 http://www.npwj.org/node/7987 On the eve of the third trial hearing in... more
Bahrain: Detained Photographer Hussein Hubail Brought To Court Amid Deliberate Neglect To His Health Condition
Despite the Authories’ claim of respecting freedom of expression, Hubail and Al-Noaimi before court on... more
RSF's Letter to US Defense Secretary ahead of Manama Dialogue
Reporters Without Borders wrote to US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on December 2 to share... more
Bahrain: The “Cyber Safety Directorate” Monitors Internet Activity In Style Similar to Big Brother
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses concerns over new restrictions to freedom of expression... more
Bahrain: Preachers And Religious Singers Interrogated And Arrested For Speeches During Ashura
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses concern over ongoing attacks on the freedom of... more
Bahrain: Exhibition destroyed as part of continued attacks on Freedom of Expression
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses concern in regards to the ongoing attacks on... more
Bahrain: Photographers Detained, Reportedly Tortured in Attack on Freedom of Expression
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights is urgently appealing for an intervention in the case... more
Amnesty Int'l: Activist imprisoned for “insulting” the KING in Bahrain
Bahraini political activist Mahdi Sahwan was sentenced by a Lower Criminal Court in Manama to... more
Freedom House: Bahrain is Not Free on the Net (Freedom on the Net Report 2013)
KEY DEVELOPMENTS: MAY 2012 – APRIL 2013 After an intense government crackdown, more users have... more
Freedom House: Bahrain’s Crackdown on Dissent Continues: Political Opposition Figure Arrested
Freedom House is concerned by reports that Khalil Marzouq, a former lawmaker and leading member... more