Bahraini authorities continue their campaign of judicial harassment to silence a prominent human rights activist.
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Bahraini Injustice: Nabeel Rajab subjected to humiliating treatment
Bahraini authorities transferred human rights defender Nabeel Rajab from a clinic to the notorious Jau Prison despite severe medical risks, subjecting him to humiliating treatment on arrival.
Bahrain’s reprisals against activist’s family must end
Index joins with international organisations to demand that nations urgently raise the case of Sayed Nazar Alwadaei, Hajar Mansoor Hasan and Mahmood Marzooq Mansoor with the Government of Bahrain.
Bahraini court delays hearing for Nabeel Rajab
Bahrain’s Appeals Court convened in the second appeals hearing for Nabeel Rajab, who was sentenced to two years in July for speaking to journalists.
Bahrain: Human rights activist’s trial postponed to 27 September
Leading Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab appeared in the Higher Criminal Court on 11 September to be told by a new judge that the case had been continued to 27 September.
Bahrain: “They want you to be broken and this is why we keep going”
Human rights defenders often confront obstacles that keep them from doing the work they set out to do. This is especially true in Bahrain.
Bahraini court postpones decision in case against Nabeel Rajab
A Bahraini judge postponed a ruling until 11 September in one of the cases against human rights activist Nabeel Rajab
Bahrain: UK silence on Nabeel Rajab “appalling”
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s silence on the sentencing of human rights figure Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain has been called “appalling” in a letter to the Foreign Secretary, signed by 13 rights groups & MPs on Sunday
Bahrain: Security agency summons online activist who exposed torture in plea to king
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and Index on Censorship condemn Yusuf Al-Jamri’s torture, and the torture of all persons by Bahrain’s NSA.
Taking out the trash: UK foreign office report heaps praise on Bahrain
Johnson offers a watered-down endorsement of human rights and his department’s understanding of advocacy is seriously flawed