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Bahrain: Bahraini Man Fears for Life Protesting at Embassy in London

Recent evidence reveals that Moosa Mohammed was beaten and threatened to be killed by embassy [...]

15 NGOs Have Written a Letter to Amal Clooney Expressing Their Great Concerns Over the Restriction Freedom of Expression in Bahrain

On 8 August 2019, the European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR) and fourteen [...]

Saudi Arabia: Human Rights Activists Being Held in Counterterrorism Reform Centers

Reports reveal that human rights defenders tried under Saudi Arabia’s counterterrorism law are also being [...]

Kuwait: Human Rights Defender Abdulhakim AlFadhli Faces Arbitrary Detention

This article is sourced from original reporting done by Front Line Defenders. On 21 July [...]

Kuwait: Government Continues to Target and Incarcerate Bidoon Community

Following the death of Ayed Hamad Moudath and the ensuing protests in early July, Kuwaiti [...]

Bahrain: French Senator Jean-Marie Bockel has issued a communiqué in response to the recent executions in Bahrain

On 1 August 2019, French Senator and President of the Groupe d’amitié parlementaire France – [...]

Bahrain: Detention of Ahmed Hasan Kadhem

Ahmed Hasan Kadhem is a 27-year-old Bahraini citizen. Since his arbitrary arrest in 2015 and [...]

Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoner Sheikh Saleh Abdelaziz AlDhamiri Dies After Being Denied Medical Care

Sheikh Saleh Abdelaziz AlDhamiri, 60 years old, died this past Friday after being denied a [...]

Saudi Arabia: Women Now Permitted to Travel Without Approval of Male Guardian

On 2 August 2019, the Saudi government announced a decree that will lift a restriction [...]

Bahrain: Three Executions and an Extrajudicial Killing, One Week in Bahrain

Over the past week, Bahrain has executed three people, and another individual has died after [...]