ANHRI: Bahrain: Vindictive sentences against human rights activists, bloggers & reformists Close road of national reconciliation
CAIRO, June 22, 2011 ANHRI condemned today the unfair issued by the Court of National Safety (Emergency) against a large number of activists demanding reform, which came to...
Bahrain: Front Line condemns life sentence for the organisation's former Protection Coordinator Abdulhadi Al Khawaja
Front Line, the Dublin based International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders deplores and condems the life sentence passed against the organisation's...
RSF: Journalist deported, others tried in Bahrain
22 June 2011 Finian Cunningham, an Irish journalist and writer who has been living in Bahrain for years, was “invited to leave” by the Bahraini authorities, Reporters...
English PEN: Bahrain: Activist and blogger Abdul-Jalil Alsingace sentenced to life imprisonment
22 June 2011 English PEN is shocked by the life sentence handed down to academic and human rights activist Dr Abdul-Jalil Alsingace on 22 June 2011 for his peaceful...
President of the European Parliament on the trial against doctors in Bahrain
Brussels - Tuesday 21/06/2011 The President of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek, made the following statement on the trial of medical professionals in Bahrain that...
Update - Hundreds on military trials for exercising their legitimate right of peaceful assembly and expression
Bahrain Center issues a list of those facing military trails since the declaration of the state of National Safety Update - July 21, 2011 The Bahrain Centre for Human...
The Independent: Bahraini leadership faces new claims that torture took place in hospital
Group says suspected protesters – and doctors and nurses who treated them – have been systematically abused By Alistair Dawber Monday, 20 June 2011 The government of...
ILO Director-General condemned business groups for intimidating union leaders in Bahrain
June 20, 2011 The Director-General of the ILO condemned the public call by the Joint Committee of Major Companies in Bahrain to the 15 members of the Executive Committee of...
CIHRS: International community fails to address human rights crisis in Bahrain
UN Human Rights Council: Double-standards tarnish positive initiatives at international rights body (Geneva – 17 June 2011) On Friday, the UN Human Rights Council...
Bahrain expels a freelance journalist from kingdom
19 June 2011 Freelance journalist Finian Cunningham was ordered out of Bahrain on 18 June by the authorities as a result of his critical journalism covering the popular...