NGOs Condemn Arrest of BCHR President Nabeel Rajab
2 April 2015 – Today at approximately 4:00 PM local time (GMT+3), Bahraini security forces and police arrested Nabeel Rajab, prominent human rights defender
2 April 2015 – Today at approximately 4:00 PM local time (GMT+3), Bahraini security forces and police arrested Nabeel Rajab, prominent human rights defender
Updates 5 April 2015 – The appeal hearing for Nabeel Rajab that was pushed from 15 April to today was once again postponed to
After several unsuccessful appeals to prison administration officials for adequate medical assistance, leading Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja has publicly announced that he has
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD)
The Bahrain Institute for Rights & Democracy (BIRD), in coordination with Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) and the Bahrain Center for
4 March 2015 – Bahrain’s Court of Appeals convened today over human rights defender Nabeel Rajab’s appeal case; unfortunately the court again postponed the decision
Paying tribute to the 20th anniversary of the historic Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action that reaffirmed the fundamental human rights of all women, the
20 January 2015 – Today, a Bahraini court sentenced human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to six months in prison on a conviction related to a
Addendum January 2015: Since this letter was first published, the situation has continued to deteriorate in Bahrain. Sheikh Ali Salman, General Secretary of the Al-Wefaq,
19 January 2015 – 21 Members of Parliament have signed an open letter to Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond regarding the upcoming court case against Nabeel