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 ...
8 June 2016 – Bahraini courts sentenced two victims of torture to death on Tuesday amid serious concerns that the judiciary failed to uphold basic fair trial and due process guarantees, despite international outcry over recent executions carried out by ...
8 June 2017 – Top press freedom organisations and local Bahraini groups are among fifteen campaigners who today raised alarm over the suspension of Bahrain’s only independent newspaper, Al Wasat, which has been barred from publishing for four days now. ...
**Update 23 May 2017: After the publication of this statement, the Ministry of Interior has since confirmed five deaths (see here) and 286 arrested (see here) during today’s raid into Duraz. **Update 24 May 2017: The Bahraini Ministry of Interior today ...
