Salman was a 24-year-old volleyball player when he was arrested on 4 September 2014. Without presenting a warrant, authorities had beaten and arrested him. An interrogation and trial marred with human rights violations followed. Salman is currently in Jau Prison serving a 19-year and six-month sentence. On 4 September 2014, riot police and civilian officers[…]
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May
May
Q: Can France be a leader in regard to freedom of expression when artists / journalists are killed in the countries supported by France? In a democracy, freedom of expression is a fundamental right which cannot be compromised. Historically, France has taken a leading role in regard to free speech. Dating back to the French[…]
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May
May
Ali is a high school student in Jidhafs Secondary Industrial School for Boys, and he is a former volleyball player at the Bani Jamra Club. Ali was arrested several times, sometimes multiple times in one day; on 13 February 2014, when only 12, he was severely beaten by police. At aged 18, he was recently[…]
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May
May
Paris, Jean-Luc Lagleize’s a member of the French Parliament posed a questions to the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs regarding serious human right violations occurring in Bahrain were published on the French government’s website. Jean-Luc Lagleize is a French politician member of the Democratic Movement (Mouvement Démocrate) and the Economic Affairs Committee. In[…]
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May
May
Ali was a 15-year-old student when he was arrested for the second time on 16 January 2019. He was violently arrested by officers and beaten in front of all his neighbors. He has since been subjected to torture. Today, Ali is 16 years old and is imprisoned in the New Dry Dock Detention Centre. Ali[…]
