Category Archives: Freedom of expression

Nick Kristof: Repressing Democracy, With American Arms

Systematic, violent repression that killed a 14-year-old boy continues to torment his family Ali AlShaikh-... more

CPJ special report: Journalists killed in 2011

Published December 20, 2011 Journalists die at high rates while covering protests in the Arab... more

In the forth day of Violent Crackdown on protesters, Bahrain buries the fifth victim since BICI report

Last Update 18 Dec at 23:00 Events of Dec 18, 2011 (AP) —Police in Bahrain... more

Ministry of Human Rights Continues Attempts to Take Over Civil Society Organizations and Cancel Bahrain Bar Society Elections

Fatima Al-Blooshi, minister of human rights and social development December 18, 2011 Bahrain Center for... more

The Bahraini Government Must Provide the Adequate Protection to all Human Rights Defenders

Beirut, 12 December, 2011 --- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights and the Bahrain Center... more

Bahraini woman in jail for more than 8 months for playing revolutionary songs in her car

A Military court initially sentenced Fadhila Al Mubarak in absence of legal defense Despite all... more

NY Times Reporters briefly detained, tear gassed

On 09 Dec 2011, New York Times columnist Nick Kristof was detained by police while... more

Middle East Scholars Give Academic Freedom Award to Bahraini Resistance

[Washington, December 3, 2011] – The Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) awarded... more

BYSHR: Ministry of Human Rights dissolves democratically elected board of directors of Bar Association

December 9th, 2011 Ministry of Human Rights dissolves democratically elected board of directors of Bar... more

Bahrain in CPJ Report: deaths of two journalists and imprisonment of blogger

Published December 8, 2011 NEW YORK The number of journalists imprisoned worldwide shot up more... more