Bahraini campaigner Ali Mushaima is returning to his protest site outside the Bahrain embassy in Knightsbridge, London, 24 hours after being hospitalised.
Bahraini hunger striker returns to protest after being hospitalised
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Bahraini activist Ali Mushaima hospitalised
Bahraini activist Ali Mushaima was hospitalised after completing one month of his hunger strike outside the Bahrain Embassy in London to protest the inhuman treatment of his 70-year-old father, political prisoner Hassan Mushaima, while serving a life sentence in Bahrain.
Bahraini government must immediately release Nabeel Rajab
Rights groups call for immediate release of Nabeel Rajab after UN group calls his detention arbitrary and discriminatory
“I am writing to ask Your Majesty to help me save the life of my 70-year-old father”
As Ali Mushaima enters the 4th week of his hunger strike to save his imprisoned father, Hassan Mushaima, he writes a letter to Queen Elizabeth, urging her to intervene on behalf of his father to ensure that his basic needs are met.
Bahrain must allow medical care for all prisoners of conscience
Index on Censorship joins call for Bahrain’s government to address denial of medical care to Hassan Mushaima
UN declares Nabeel Rajab’s imprisonment unlawful, warns arbitrary detention in Bahrain may amount to “crimes against humanity”
It finds that Rajab should never have been prosecuted and that Bahraini authorities employed “vague and overly broad” legal provisions to target him for his “political views and convictions”
Bahrain court acquits leading opposition leader
Bahrain’s High Criminal Court acquitted the leader of Bahrain’s dissolved opposition party Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman, of politically motivated charges related to espionage.
Political speech is not a crime: Urgent appeal to stop the trial of opposition society leader Sheikh Ali Salman
NGOs call on Bahraini authorities to drop all charges and ensure the immediate and unconditional release of Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary-General of Bahrain’s largest political opposition society, al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.
Bahraini court upholds Nabeel Rajab’s five-year prison sentence
Bahrain’s High Criminal Court of Appeal has upheld a five-year conviction for human rights activist Nabeel Rajab for critical tweets made from his account
Protesters call for the release of Bahrain human rights defender seven years after his arrest
It has been seven years since Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, the Bahraini defender of human rights, was arrested. His daughters joined a protest outside the Bahrain Embassy calling for his release and shining a light on human rights violations in the country.
Bahrain: Calls for Abdulhadi al-Khawaja’s release from prison shine light on persecution of activists
In 2011 Bahraini human rights defenders were arrested for pro-democratic activism. Seven years on, monthly protests are reminders of ongoing injustice.
Bahrain: NGOs call for release of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on 7th anniversary of his arrest
Seven years ago this month, renowned human rights defender and former Index award winner Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja was dragged from his home in Bahrain,...
