On 5 September 2014, a coalition of eight human rights organizations submitted letters to UN Ambassadors from 47 countries ahead of the 27th session of the Human Rights Council. The letters requested the UN delegations to call for the release of all political prisoners in the Kingdom of Bahrain, including Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and the rest of the Bahrain 13. The[…]
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Ten international NGOs and rights groups signed a joint letter to the King of Bahrain calling for the release of Ahmed Humaidan, an award-winning freelance photojournalist who has been sentenced to ten years in prison. Humaidan’s case is currently up for appeal, and a ruling is expected this Sunday, 31 August 2014. The text of[…]
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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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Bahrain Champion for Justice: Dr. Saeed al-Samahiji Dr. Saeed al-Samahiji is an ophthalmologist and human rights activist who extended his medical services to help injured protesters during the 2011 pro-democracy protests in Bahrain. As a result, Dr. Al-Samahiji was among 20 medics that were convicted by a special military court on 29 September 2011 for[…]
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30 July 2014 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), Freedom House, Human Rights First, Just Foreign Policy, Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and Reporters Without Borders call for the release of the internationally-known Bahraini photographer Ahmed Humaidan, who is to receive the National Press Club’s John Aubuchon Press[…]
