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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
2018-08-29

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
2018-08-20

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”
2018-08-15

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.
2018-06-21

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
2018-06-05

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.
2018-04-10

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.
2018-04-10

Support for Bahraini human rights defender on seventh anniversary of his arrest (Ekklesia, 9 April 2018)

 Seven years ago this month, human rights activists Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja was taken from his home in Bahrain, tortured, tried in a military court, and sentenced to life in prison for taking part in peaceful protests. He has undertaken a number of hunger strikes to protest against his torture and poor prison conditions. Read the full […]
2018-04-09

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, tortured, tried in a military court, and sentenced to life in prison for his peaceful role in 2011 protests. Today, 5 April, on Al-Khawaja’s 57th birthday, the undersigned human rights organisations call for […]
2018-04-05

Bahrain: Wife of UK-based Bahraini human rights defender convicted as reprisals escalate

 A Bahraini Criminal Court convicted and sentenced Duaa Alwadaei in absentia to two months in prison for allegedly insulting a public institution.
2018-03-21

Bahraini injustice: Nabeel Rajab sentenced for tweeting

 Index condemns the decision to sentence Bahraini human rights defender - and Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award winner - Nabeel Rajab to five years in prison.
2018-02-21

Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab’s tweet trial brought forward, then adjourned to 7 December

 The 19th hearing of the leading Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was unexpectedly held earlier than the court had originally ruled.
2017-12-06