More human rights defenders banned from travel and prevented from engaging in UN advocacy
The government of Bahrain continues its relentless crackdown on human rights defenders, jailing them, banning them and sending them into exile. The Minister of Foreign
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Human rights defenders continue to be banned from travel; Dr. Taha Al-Derazi, freed pending trial while other rights defenders remain jailed
Bahrain continues to restrict the rights of human rights defenders to travel, including staff of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), according to reports
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Ghada Jamsheer arrested, and “illegal gathering” charges made against Maytham Al-Salman and Dr. Taha Al-Derazi, who remains in detention
More prominent human rights defenders have been interrogated, charged and jailed in Bahrain in violation of their rights to freedom of expression and assembly, according
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Government continues relentless crackdown on civil society and human rights defenders
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders and freedom of expression in Bahrain, which the
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Reprisals continue against human rights defenders, especially those engaging in international advocacy
Reprisals against human rights defenders continue unabated in Bahrain, which includes travel bans on independent human rights defenders and journalists, among members of
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NGOs call for women’s rights defender Ghada Jamsheer to remain free and an end to judicial harassment of women human rights defenders
After a prominent women’s rights defender was sentenced to a further year in prison, we the undersigned international human rights and feminist organisations call
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Travel ban imposed on journalist Nazeeha Saeed
Bahraini authorities prevented journalist Nazeeha Saeed from traveling at Bahrain International airport as part of a trend adopted by the government which includes
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Human rights defenders remain jailed and banned from travel as civil society crackdown continues
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is alarmed at the ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders and free expression, which continued in Bahrain this week as
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NGOs call for an end to reprisals against human rights defenders as Nabeel Rajab arrested and Bahraini rights defenders banned from travel to Geneva
As the 32nd Session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) opened in Geneva on 13 June, Nabeel Rajab, Bahrain's most high profile human rights defender, was
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