Over 20 HR Groups Call for Activist Ghada Jamsheer’s Immediate Release
2016-11-18 - 12:40 ص
Bahrain Mirror: A number of human rights organizations demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Bahraini activist Ghada Jamsheer.
In a petition issued on Wednesday (November 16, 2016) the HR groups said that women's rights defender, writer and blogger Ghada Jamsheer remains in jail, serving a combined ten-month sentence for exercising her right to free expression on twitter after she complained of corruption at a hospital.
The undersigned, more than 20 HR organizations from around the world, called for the sentence to be overturned, as it violates her right to free expression, and for Jamsheer to be freed immediately so she can receive proper medical treatment for her debilitating rheumatoid arthritis.
Over 250 people have called for her freedom by signing the petition in support of Jamsheer and women human rights defenders in Bahrain.
The undersigned organisations, called on the government of Bahrain to: "Immediately and unconditionally free Ghada Jamsheer; overturn the sentence against Ghada Jamsheer, which violates her right to free expression; immediately and unconditionally free all detained human rights defenders in Bahrain; at the very minimum, ensure all prisoners, including Ghada Jamsheer and other human rights defenders, have access to proper medical treatment and ensure conditions in prison necessary to maintain health; and end all forms of reprisals against human rights defenders and other activists, including travel bans, in violation of their rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression."
The petition was signed by:
Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
Article 19
Association for Women's Rights in Development
Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy
Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Bahraini Organisation for Human Rights
Civicus
Front Line Defenders
Gulf Centre for Human Rights
FIDH, within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
Brian Dooley, Human Rights First
Index on Censorship
International Service for Human Rights
Lawyer's Rights Watch Canada
Nazra for Feminist Studies
No Peace Without Justice
Reporters Without Borders
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition
Women Human Rights Defenders Coalition in the Middle East and North Africa Coalition
World Organisation Against Torture, within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
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