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Aug 14 2013 3:08pm
Blogger and photographer tortured, lawyer held for tweeting about it
In a further attack on free speech, the Bahrain authorities have detai...
Aug 13 2013 12:00am
Bahrain: warning of possible crackdown at mass protests tomorrow
‘The people of Bahrain have the right to express their views freely an...
Aug 7 2013 12:00am
Bahrain: new decrees from King Hamad banning dissent are 'outrageous'
Sporadic protests have continued in Bahrain. © MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AF...
Aug 5 2013 10:51pm
Bahrain: Child sent to prison after demonstration
Hussain al-Hawaj, a 15-year-old boy, was sentenced to five years impri...
Jul 1 2013 12:00am
EU should press for prisoners releases as it meets in Bahrain
‘It would be a slap in the face for many Bahrainis if EU officials wer...
May 16 2013 12:00am
Bahrain must release five Twitter users jailed for allegedly insulting the King
‘The authorities in Bahrain seem to be using every trick in the book t...
Apr 26 2013 3:11pm
2011 uprising in the Middle East and North Africa
There was little about Mohamed Bouzazi’s life to suggest that he would...
Apr 25 2013 12:58pm
Film: Bahrain one year on
Amnesty International video produced in Febraury 2012 - one year on fr...
Apr 24 2013 8:50am
Scots public body defiant over controversial deal with Bahrain
Please read my latest report for Scotland On Sunday about a controvers...
Apr 24 2013 12:00am
Bahrain: cancellation of UN torture expert's visit shows country is 'not serious' about human rights
‘The authorities have used the buzzword of “reform” as a smoke-screen,...