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Bahrain must suspend Nabeel Rajab’s sentence

 Nine international organisations have written a letter calling for Bahrain to suspend Nabeel Rajab's current sentence.
2019-09-16

The people most at risk in Bahrain “are those who choose to freely express themselves”

 Index calls on the UK to stand up to the Bahrain government on human rights after police storm the London embassy to protect protester
2019-08-15

Groups urge Amal Clooney to pressure UK to act on Bahrain’s abuse of freedom of expression

 Fifteen international organisations have written to Amal Clooney to urge she pressure the UK to act on Bahrain's human rights abuses.
2019-08-09

Joy Hyvarinen on the suppression of freedom of expression in Bahrain (Al Jazeera)
2019-06-05

Rights groups criticise Formula One over Bahrain stance (Reuters, 6 March 2019)

 LONDON (Reuters) – Human rights groups accused Formula One on Wednesday of ignoring abuses allegedly related to the Bahrain Grand Prix, urging the sports’ leaders to honour commitments and take a stronger stance. Human Rights Watch (HRW), the London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) and Index on Censorship were among 17 signatories of […]
2019-03-06

Groups call on Michelle Bachelet for heightened UN scrutiny of human rights violations in Bahrain

 NGOs call for co-ordinated international action and public scrutiny to address the government of Bahrain's ongoing attacks on civil society and to hold the kingdom accountable to its commitments to international human rights laws and standards
2019-01-31

Bahraini injustice: Nabeel Rajab conviction for tweeting upheld

 Bahrain’s Court of Cassation has upheld human rights activist Nabeel Rajab’s five-year conviction for critical tweets made from his account condemning Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen and the use of torture at Bahrain’s notorious Jau Prison.
2018-12-31

Open letter to Bahraini authorities: Drop all charges and release Nabeel Rajab

 NGOs are concerned that, with Nabeel Rajab's appeal hearing scheduled on 31 December, authorities may be planning to increase his sentence under cover of the world's celebrations of the new year.
2018-12-18

Bahrain: Ali Mushaima ‏vows to continue fighting for his imprisoned father

 Outside the Bahraini Embassy, Mushaima also expressed his gratitude towards MPs such as Caroline Lucas and Ian Blackford for raising his father’s case
2018-09-13

Authors demand Bahraini king to ensure ‘rights’ for prisoner (Al Jazeera, 6 September 2018)

 Margaret Atwood, Elif Shafak and Ali Smith are just two among a group of leading writers piling pressure on the Bahraini king to intervene in the case of a detained political leader who was stripped of the right to read in jail. Read the full article
2018-09-06

Bahraini hunger striker returns to protest after being hospitalised

 Bahraini campaigner Ali Mushaima is returning to his protest site outside the Bahrain embassy in Knightsbridge, London, 24 hours after being hospitalised.
2018-08-31

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.
2018-08-30