Index on Censorship has called upon the Bahraini government to release 2012 Index Freedom of Expression Award winner Nabeel Rajab and other prisoners of conscience
Index calls on Bahrain government to free Nabeel Rajab
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Index urges Bahrain to accept UN recommendations
As the Human Rights Council (HRC) prepares to release its final recommendations on Bahrain, Index joins over 100 NGOs in calling for the country to implement the recommendations.
Daisy Williams reports
Bahrain: Index condemns the arrest of prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab
Index condemns last night’s arrest of Index’s 2012 Award winner and head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab and the ongoing harassment of human rights activists in Bahrain
Why I won’t be going to Bahrain next week
Government changes visa rules to prevent seven rights groups visiting Bahrain next week
Bahraini activist serving life sentence writes letter from prison
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
Index and rights groups report condemns ongoing human rights violations in Bahrain
An international mission today releases a report asking Bahraini officials to deliver on reform promises, and to stop continuing violations of free expression
Justice Denied in Bahrain: Freedom of Expression and Assembly Curtailed
The following report documents the findings of a delegation comprised of representatives from six international rights groups (three members and three partners of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, IFEX), which carried out a...
Justice Denied in Bahrain: Freedom of Expression and Assembly Curtailed
The following report documents the findings of a delegation comprised of representatives from six international rights groups (three members and three partners of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, IFEX), which carried out a...
Free speech for Bahrain
International delegation to Bahrain calls for an end to free expression violations and for human rights defenders to be freed All human rights defenders and those in detention as a result of the National Safety laws enacted in Bahrain should be...