Bahrain Should Protect Right to Protest on Second Uprising Anniversary
Washington, DC – Human Rights First urges the Bahrain government to mark Thursday’s two-year anniversary of the country’s prodemocracy uprising by allowing peaceful protests. In addition, Human Rights...
View ArticleTell President Obama: Demand Bahrain to Free Jailed Dissidents [Petition]
In Bahrain, home of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, a government crackdown on dissent and increasingly violent protests have led to mounting civilian and police casualties. Bahrain desperately needs an...
View ArticleBahrain’s Targeting of Civil Society with Judicial Harassment Continues
Washington, DC – The coming week will see a series of high profile court hearings in Bahrain, exposing the authorities continued use of judicial harassment against human rights defenders and activists,...
View ArticleBahrain Twitter Case Verdict Expected Monday
Washington, D.C. – A verdict in the Twitter case of prominent human rights defender Said Yousif Al-Muhafdah of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is expected on Monday, March 11. “Said’s...
View ArticleAcquittal in Bahrain Twitter Case Comes as Dooley Denied Access Again
Washington, D.C. – A Bahraini court has acquitted prominent human rights defender Said Yousif Al-Muhafdah of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) on charges of tweeting false information. “It’s a...
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Chinese Officials Target Chen Kegui’s Child at School
Sign the petition. Tell Sec. John Kerry: Help Chen Guangcheng's Nephew in China. Chinaaid, via European Pressphoto AgencyAlthough blind human rights advocate and Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is...
View ArticleOn Aid to Egypt
Charles Krauthammer this week grudgingly came out in support of continuing U.S. financial aid, despite the many disconcerting human rights developments in President Morsi’s Egypt. However, he faulted...
View ArticleDetention Situation Deteriorates for Prominent Human Rights Defender Zainab...
As Bahrain and the international community watch to see whether a consensus on reforms will come out of the Bahrain National Dialogue, prominent human rights defender Zainab Al-Khawaja declared she was...
View ArticleNabeel Rajab – Global Week of Action: March 21 – 28
Prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, a leader in the ongoing pro-democracy struggle, is in prison serving out a two-year sentence for allegedly inciting “illegal gatherings” on...
View ArticleBahraini Medics Acquitted of Politically-Motivated Charges
Washington, D.C. – This morning the Bahrain regime handed down acquittals in the case of 23 Bahraini medics who were appealing their politically-motivated sentences. Human Rights First notes that this...
View ArticleA Message from Nabeel Rajab
Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human rights, is serving a two-year sentence for tweeting about protests. He has been in custody since July 2012. On Sunday March 31, he called Human...
View ArticleNabeel Rajab Calls from Jail
Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and one of his country’s leading activists, is serving a two-year prison sentence for tweeting about protests. I spoke to him a few...
View ArticleBernie Ecclestone Plays Down Unrest in Bahrain as the Crisis Continues
Watch: Human Rights First’s Brian Dooley responds to Bernie Ecclestone’s comments on Formula One in Bahrain. President of Formula One Bernie Ecclestone was quoted in a Reuters piece today saying he...
View ArticleSilent Witness – The U.S. Government and the Trial of Bahraini Human Rights...
Saturday April 6 will be exactly two years since Mahdi Abu Deeb, President of the Bahrain Teachers Association (BTA), was arrested for his part in the peaceful uprising. He was tortured, subjected to...
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Increased Arrests Reported Around Bahrain Grand Prix Site
Less than two weeks before the Bahrain Grand Prix, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights expressed grave concerns about reports of increased house raids by masked men in civilian clothing and arrests in...
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Manchester United, Denis Law, and Torture by the Bahrain Regime
This Saturday Manchester United legend Denis Law is going to Bahrain to promote the 2013 Manchester United Soccer School (MUSS). Law’s appearance comes just one week before the Formula One race will...
View ArticleHuman Rights Defenders Persecuted by China
Secretary of State John Kerry heads to China this weekend to meet with his counterparts in Beijing and discuss a wide range of issues, from national security, to the global economy. One thing that...
View ArticleViolent Protests in Bahrain Increase Polarization
Washington, D.C. – Promises of more violent “operations” like yesterday’s bombing in the Financial Harbour of Manama, Bahrain, are a deeply disturbing sign that violent protest is gaining a stronger...
View ArticleF1 Must Speak out Against Raids and Arrests
Washington, D.C. – Bahraini Grand Prix organizers, participants, and sponsors should speak out urgently and publicly against arbitrary arrests and other human rights violations taking place ahead of...
View ArticleU.S. State Department Country Report on Bahrain Highlights Key Abuses
The U.S. State Department’s 2012 country reports released today include a useful, detailed assessment of human rights violations in Bahrain, which include torture, arbitrary arrests, and attacks on...
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