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