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Freedom House Recalls Abdulhadi & Zainab Al-Khawaja on Its 75th Anniversary
2016-05-26
Freedom House recalled two Bahraini activists in celebration held, marking its 75th anniversary.
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Britain Arrests 2 Bahraini Activists over Protest against Participation of Bahraini Prince -Accused of Torture- in Race
2016-05-16
The British police arrested two Bahraini human rights activists who were attempting to protest at a horse racing track against the participation of a Bahraini prince accused of torturing politicians.
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Bahraini Blogger Ali Me'raj Released after over 2 Years of Imprisonment over Charges of Insulting Bahraini King
2016-04-06
Activists on social media said that blogger and activist Ali Me'raj was released after spending more than two years behind bars.
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OHCHR Expresses Concern over Zainab Al-Khawaja’s Arrest & Arbitrary Revocation of Citizenships
2016-03-19
The Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) stated that it is deeply troubled by the arrest of human rights defender, Zainab Al Khawaja, further expressing concern over the citizenship law, enabling the Bahrain government to revoke the citizenship of activists, as well as the imposed travel bans.
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Seminar in Sweden's Malmo Denounces Saudi Crimes in Bahrain & Yemen
2016-03-16
Participants in a seminar entitled "Saudi interference in Bahrain and Yemen and its threat to the region and world security" denounced the Saudi acts of interference in Bahraini and Yemeni affairs.
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US Journalist Nicholas Kristof Says Zainab Al-Khawaja's Arrest Is Disgraceful Act
2016-03-16
Commenting on the arrest of Bahraini human rights activist, Zainab Al-Khawaja, American journalist Nicholas Kristof described Bahrain's action as "disgraceful".
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"This is Bahrain" Gov't. Campaign Launches Gulf Version: "This is the Arab Gulf" with Rome as First Destination
2016-03-12
The "This is Bahrain" campaign launched its new version entitled "This is the Arab Gulf". It seems that there will be no actual change in the tactics that the "This is Bahrain" group will follow in its Gulf version. However, the targets seem similar.
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Bahraini Activist Fatima Al-Halwachi Summoned by Al-Hidd Police Station
2016-03-11
Head of the Monitoring and documentation department at the European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights (EBOHR), activist Fatima Al-Halwachi, was summoned by the Al-Hidd police station.
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Sadrist Movement Leader: Arrests Won't Dim Revolution Flame of Bahraini People
2015-12-01
Bahrain Mirror: The leader of the Sadrist Movement, Sayyid Muqtada Al-Sadr, reiterated his support for the Bahraini revolution, stressing that the arrests made by the Bahraini authorities against activists "will not dim the revolutionary flame of the Bahraini people."
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Security Campaign led by Bahrain’s MoI Continues After a Week…5 Arrests at Dawn
2015-11-10
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain’s security forces continued their campaign against activists through widespread arbitrary arrests launched on Tuesday (November 3, 2015) morning leading to the arrest of dozens of citizens in different villages across Bahrain.
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Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net Report: Bahrain Harasses Twitter Users with Army of Trolls
2015-10-30
Bahraini Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain scored 72 on a scale of (0 = Best, 100 = Worst), according to Freedom House’s annual Freedom on the Net report, which highlighted that an “army of trolls has been active on Twitter since February 2011 to collectively harass and intimidate online activists.”
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Bahrain Watch: We Identified Targeted Digital Attack on Bahraini Activists Abroad
2015-10-20
Bahrain Watch announced it identified a very recent targeted digital attack by an anonymous group on a number of Bahraini Activists living outside Bahrain.
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Bahrain’s MoI Declares It Can Monitor Voice & Written Messages on WhatsApp, Viber & Tango
2015-10-13
Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s General Director of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security, Bassam Al-Miraj, said that the cybercrime department was provided with an experienced technical team assigned to accurately specify the identity of social media users.
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Saudi Activist Banned from Travel Receives Int’l Human Rights Award
2015-09-19
Bahrain Mirror: Saudi human rights activist, Samar Badawi, who is banned from travel, received the International Hrant Dink Award for human rights.
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Ali Abdulemam to Washington Post: I dream I will Return to Bahrain Very Soon..My Kids’ Only Memory of Bahrain Is Tear Gas
2015-09-17
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahraini activist and blogger, Ali Abdulemam, talked about his sufferings in Bahrain in a video interview published by The Washington Post.
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International HR Mission Report: The Darkening Reality of Human Rights Defenders in Bahrain
2015-07-09
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A report issued by an international mission that visited Bahrain (April 10-15, 2015) denounced the abuses that the human rights defenders are being subjected to, including imprisonment, torture and statelessness, which the report documented.