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BIRD Director Wins Index on Censorship's Freedom of Expression Award
2020-04-17
Director of Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, won, along with another activist, the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression award, an annual award granted by the organization
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15 Int’l HR Groups Send Urgent Letter to World Powers: Bahrain's Reprisals against Alwadaei’s Family Must End
2017-10-28
Fifteen international rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Reprieve, Reporters without Borders (RSF) and Index on Censorship, sent a joint letter to a number of world powers and international and UN groups to urgently raise, both publicly and privately, the case of Sayed Ahmad Alwadaei’s relatives.
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Index on Censorship Criticizes Postponement of HR Activist Nabeel Rajab’s Trial
2017-09-14
Index on Censorship denounced on its website the postponement of prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab’s trial until September 27, 2017.
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HR Groups Urge UK Foreign Secretary to Call for Nabeel Rajab's Release
2017-02-06
Over 20 human rights figures and organizations sent letter to British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs urging him to call on Bahrain to release Nabeel Rajab.
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Index on Censorship: Judicial Harassment of Nabeel Rajab Mars Bahrain’s Image in International Community
2017-01-26
Index and Censorship called on Bahrain to immediately drop all charges against Nabeel Rajab.
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Index on Censorship Urges UK to Condemn Nabeel Rajab's Arrest, Calls for Stopping Harassment of HR Defenders
2016-06-13
index on Censorship condemned the latest arrest of human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain.
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Index on Censorship: Bahrain Continues to Use Arbitrary Detention to Silence Dissidents
2016-06-03
Index on Censorship said 2015 saw increase of “the systemic use of arbitrary detention” against dissent in Bahrain.