NGOs Condemn Imprisonment and Nationality Revocation of Photographer Sayed Ahmed al-Mousawi

إضغط هنا لنسخة عربية 25 November 2015 – Award-winning photographer Sayed Ahmed al-Mousawi was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison and had his nationality revoked, along with 12 others, after covering a series of demonstrations in early 2014. Security forces detained Al-Mousawi for over a year without trial or official charges, accused him of being a part[…]

Newsletter #131

  Bahrain | Updates from the Ground | News & Opinion Saudi Arabia | Other Gulf States | UN Complaint Program Bahrain European Parliament urges Bahrain’s King to lift Nabeel Rajab’s travel ban, drop charges On 19 November 2015, European Parliament member Mr. Pier Antonio Panzeri, along with 80 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), issued a letter to Bahrain’s King[…]

Prisoner Profile: Dr. Mohammed al-Roken

Dr. Mohammed al-Roken, a human rights defender and lawyer from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is currently serving a ten-year prison sentence as a result of a mass trial of 94 human rights defenders and political activists in the UAE. Before his conviction, Dr. al-Roken served as one of the defense lawyers at the trial[…]

OECD Examines French Company’s Security Product Exports to Bahrain

20 November 2015 – Allegations that French company Etienne Lacroix had violated human rights provisions of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Organizations merit further investigation, the National Contact Point (NCP) of the OECD in Paris, France announced today. The NCP offered services to Etienne Lacroix and the complainant, Americans for Democracy &[…]

البحرين: البرلمان الأوروبي يحث ملك البحرين على رفع حظر السفر وإسقاط التهم عن نبيل رجب

بتاريخ 19 تشرين الثاني 2015، أصدر عضو البرلمان الأوروبي السيد بيير أنطونيو بنزيري، جنباً إلى جنب مع 80 عضواً في البرلمان الأوروبي رسالة إلى ملك البحرين الشيخ حمد بن عيسى آل خليفة، يدعون فيها الحكومة البحرينية إلى رفع حظر السفر وإسقاط جميع التهم بشكل فوري بحق المدافع عن حقوق الإنسان نبيل رجب. وقد رحبت 20[…]