10 July 2017 –The Third Circuit Lower Criminal Court today sentenced Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, to two years in prison on charges solely based on his exercise of freedom of expression. The prosecution and ...
7 July 2017 – According to Nabeel Rajab’s lawyers, the Bahraini judiciary will issue a sentence on Monday 10 July in one of the two cases for which he is being prosecuted. In this case, Nabeel Rajab faces up to ...
5 July 2017 – Yesterday, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) debated with Christos Stylianides, European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, on the much-criticised election of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. ...
27 June 2017 – Alarmed by the deteriorating health of Nabeel Rajab, the Chair of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights, MEP Pier Antonio Panzeri made the following statement: “The President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), ...
22 June 2017 – Human rights campaigners* have told Formula 1 to “reconsider its plans for a 2018 race in Bahrain”, citing a crackdown on press freedoms and police brutality ahead of this weekend’s Baku Grand Prix. The Bahrain race ...
13 June 2017 – On the anniversary of Nabeel Rajab’s arrest, ECDHR, together with thirteen NGOs (including Article 19, Amnesty International, IFEX, Index on Censorship, Pen International and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders), have written today ...
13 June 2017 – On the anniversary of Nabeel Rajab’s arrest, 37 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)* from different political groups sent an open letter to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, urging ...
