On March 22, 2017, Manama’s Fifth High Criminal Court postponed again Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab’s trial in the Twitter case, in clear contempt of international...
Prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab has been held in solitary confinement for nine months, with growing concerns about the effect it is having on his health and well-being. On 22...
Protests in Bahrain, a staunch American ally and home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet, erupted days after Egyptians overthrew Mubarak, with the tiny island nation's Shiite majority...
Bahrain’s decision to file charges against Ebrahim Sharif underscores the country’s tactical use of judicial harassment to suppress freedom of speech.
Ebrahim Sharif, the...
The Bahraini authorities have once again displayed their ruthless determination to silence activists and crush all signs of dissent by charging prominent political figure Ebrahim...
20 March 2017 - Political opposition leader Ebrahim Sharif was today charged with "inciting hatred against the regime" under article 165 of Bahrain's penal code for messages he...
On 14 March at the 34th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland issued a statement on human rights issues in Bahrain, Vietnam, Colombia, Egypt and South Sudan....
Written statement submitted by the Alsalam Foundation, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
Alsalam Foundation, together with Americans for Democracy...
Written statement submitted by Amnesty International, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status
Resumption of executions
Amnesty International is...
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
34th Session
Item 4: General Debate
Statement by Denmark
Thank you, Mr. President
Denmark fully aligns itself with the EU statement.
We...