Sunday 24 August 2014, Bahrain – Prominent human rights defender and founder of the Bahrain Center for Human rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, has declared an open hunger strike “in protest against the continuation of arbitrary arrest and detention.” In a statement made to members of his immediate[…]
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World Equestrian Games 2014: NGOs Launch Campaign against #TorturePrince As we approach the opening of the World Equestrian Games 2014 set to take place in Normandy, France from the 23 August to 7 September, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), the International Federation for[…]
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As we approach the opening of the World Equestrian Games 2014 set to take place in Normandy, France from the 23 August to 7 September, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Ligue des droits de l’Homme (LDH) and[…]
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Bahrain Strips Nine Nationals of Citizenship Nine Bahraini opposition activists convicted on Wednesday of various public security charges have been stripped of their citizenship, said their defense lawyer. Read more from Associated Press here. Updates from the Ground 8 arrested, including one child 40 trials postponed 20 sentenced to a total of 150 years of incarceration 9 revoked of citizenship over charges of spying[…]
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On 7 August 2014, a coalition of 17 international organizations and individuals sent a letter to the King of Bahrain on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed Habib al-Miqdad, a Bahraini charity worker sentenced to life in prison. The letter calls for Sheikh al-Miqdad’s unconditional release, an investigation into the allegations of torture, and access to medical care for[…]
