Ebtisam Al-Saegh released from prison while awaiting trial, and Zainab Al-Khamees banned from travel
On 22 October 2017, Ebtisam Al-Saegh, the monitoring and documentation officer of Salam for Democracy and Human Rights, was released from prison pending trial in
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Woman human rights defender Zainab Al-Khamees summoned for investigation
UPDATE: Zainab Al-Khamees complied with the summons and arrived at the appointed time for investigation on 6 September. After a half hour wait, she was interrogated
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Women human rights defenders who are tortured in Bahrain will not receive justice
Women human rights defenders in Bahrain who have been tortured in Bahrain have been subjected to further persecution to stop them from working. In two separate cases,
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Nabeel Rajab sentenced to two years for reporting on human rights violations
Leading Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab has been sentenced to prison on 10 July 2017 for two years after being found guilty of spreading "fake
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Human Rights Defender Ebtisam Al-Sayegh arrested and detained for the second time in two months
On 3 July 2017, Ebtisam Al-Sayegh, monitoring and documentation officer of the Salam Organisation (Peace for Democracy and Human Rights), was arrested during a raid on
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Al-Wasat newspaper lays off employees after being suspended for three weeks
“Al-Wasat” newspaper has had to lay off all its employees three weeks after being suspended by the authorities in Bahrain. The newspaper reports on various
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UN event assesses violations of the right to freedom of expression and assembly
On 21 June 2017, a panel discussion held on the sidelines of the 35th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, examined the criminalisation of peaceful
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UN Member and Observer States should call on Bahraini authorities to free human rights defender Nabeel Rajab
Letter to United Nations member and observer states on the one-year anniversary of Nabeel Rajab’s arrest: We, the undersigned, express our deep concern over
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Country’s only independent newspaper, “Al-Wasat”, suspended until further notice
On 04 June 2017, Bahrain’s Information Affairs Authority (IAA) suspended “Al-Wasat” newspaper until further notice, for allegedly violating the law and
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