Articles by Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI)
Bahraini prosecution appeals rights defender’s acquittal
The Bahraini prosecution has decided to appeal the court’s decision to acquit human rights defender Said Yousif Al-Muhafdah of charges laid against him for publishing ‘false news’ on Twitter.
Family, NGOs denied access to mass trial of Emirati activists
UAE authorities have been arbitrarily denying family members, international observers, and the international media access to the mass trial of 94 critics of the government.
Family, NGOs denied access to mass trial of Emirati activists
UAE authorities have been arbitrarily denying family members, international observers, and the international media access to the mass trial of 94 critics of the government.
Protests turn violent as Egyptians attacked based on affiliation
Egyptian human rights groups join forces to express concern over protests that have turned violent in Cairo’s Muqattam district on 22 March 2013.
Fair trial denied for UAE’s 94 jailed activists
The 94 Emirati activists were arrested following a broader crackdown on freedom of expression and opinion that took place over the 12 months preceding the trial.
A female writer alleges she was tortured, raped in Iraqi prisons
An investigation into a female Iraqi writer’s allegations of being subjected to rape, torture, and verbal abuse during the years she spent in Iraqi prisons for writing articles critical of the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al-Malki has not yet been launched.
Some activists released in Oman as two others arrested
As Oman frees eight activists jailed for illegal assembly, it arrests two others without legal justification.
Egyptian activist once jailed by Mubarak, now sentenced under Morsi
Hassan Mustafa, a political activist, has been handed down a two-year prison sentenec for his alleged involvement in clashes in January.