Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI)

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Link to: Bahraini prosecution appeals rights defender’s acquittal

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.

Link to: Family, NGOs denied access to mass trial of Emirati activists

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.

Link to: Family, NGOs denied access to mass trial of Emirati activists

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.

Link to: Protests turn violent as Egyptians attacked based on affiliation

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.

The UAE 94 trial is ongoing and at the most recent hearing over two days on 18 and 19 March, the Supreme Court heard the prosecution witnesses, wooden gavel/shutterstock

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.

Link to: A female writer alleges she was tortured, raped in Iraqi prisons

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.

Link to: Some activists released in Oman as two others arrested

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.

Link to: Egyptian activist once jailed by Mubarak, now sentenced under Morsi

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.