On 24 April, Chinese petitioner Hu Lianyou was sentenced to two years in prison for defamation after comments made about a local police chief...
Chinese petitioner to serve jail time for defaming police officers
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Sara Yasin
Sara Yasin
Offices of Nigerian dailies bombed
The offices of daily newspapers in the Nigerian cities of Abuja and Kaduna were bombed on 26 April. In a statement issued yesterday, Nigeria's State...
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng escapes house arrest
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has reportedly fled to Beijing after a year and a half under house arrest. Chen is one of China's best-known...
Time to stop doing business with Bahrain
Bahrainis still suffer with human rights abuse, torture and political imprisonment, says
Sara Yasin. Despite its supporters’ “astonishment”, it’s no wonder that the world was “hostile” to its Grand Prix
Bahrain: Journalists deported
Index condemns the arrest and deportation of foreign journalists covering demonstrations against the widely-criticised Bahrain Grand Prix this past week
Bahrain: Blood on the track
International outrage over failed reforms and violent protests will not stop the Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix this weekend – Index examines the controversial sporting fixture.
LMFAO: Sorry for protest crushing
It looks like LMFAO's party-rockin' tour has been enlisted in whitewashing Bahrain's human rights abuses. According to the state-owned Bahrain News...
Dining with despots
Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa recently secured an invite to Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee luncheon. According to the Daily Mail, the...
Bahrain Grand Prix should not proceed
Index’s new CEO Kirsty Hughes calls on the organisers of the Bahrain Grand Prix to cancel the race
Free Abdulhadi Alkhawaja
Open letter: Bahrain risks instigating a collapse of its civic society if it fails to release activist and hunger striker Abdulhadi Alkhawaja. Index joins rights organisations, politicians and academics in calling on Bahrain’s ruler to release him immediately
Bahrain roundup: Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, heightened tension and Formula 1
Increased anger within Bahrain's opposition over the continued detention of well-known activist Abdulhadi Alkhawaja has renewed concerns over...
Bahraini activist Abdulhadi Alkhawaja deteriorating rapidly in prison
Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi AlKhawaja is now entering the 58th day of his hunger strike, having spent his 51st birthday yesterday in a...