Posts Tagged ‘Bahrain Independent Commission for Inquiry’

Bahrain: Index spotlight on 14 February

February 14th, 2012

14 February marks the one year anniversary of mass protests in Bahrain. Index on Censorship looks back at how free expression has been curtailed in the past year’s crackdown on social unrest.  Click here to read.

Bahraini activist serving life sentence writes letter from prison

February 13th, 2012

Prominent Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja has been serving a life sentence since April 2011 for his involvement in anti-government protests last year. Al-Khawaja, who is also a Danish citizen, recently wrote a letter from prison to the Minister of Foreign Affairs to push for his release 

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