Bahrain: The re-arrest of leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab

Bahrain: The re-arrest of leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab. 08 June 2012 BCHR On the morning of 6 June 2012, prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab has been re-arrested after he got a summons the More...

First session of Court of Appeal in the case of the 21 political leaders and activists held under tight security procedures

[caption id="attachment_8906" align="alignleft" width="300"] The Judge postpones the hearing until the 22 of May, and prisoners of conscience confirm their innocence and demand to allow them to speak[/caption] 20 More...

The Case of The Missing Interview with Nabeel Rajab, Head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights

This article should have contained an interview with the Head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) Nabeel Rajab, who was arrested on 7 May, three days before our planned meeting in Manama, Bahrain. Due More...

Bahrain activist says charge over tweets ‘vindictive’

DUBAI — Prominent Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab told a court on Wednesday that a charge that he tweeted insults against the government was "vindictive," as dozens of lawyers turned up to defend him. "The More...