Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI)

Hamad al-Naqi was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for allegedly insulting the prophet Muhammad, the divine being and the rulers of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Habiba Hana’ei published a testimony of prison conditions endured by prisoners of conscience in the country, including systematic torture.

Ahead of a court of appeal hearing on 28 May, IFEX-TMG urges judiciary to quash the seven-year prison terms handed down to Ghazi Ben Mohamed Beji and Jaber Ben Abdallah Majri for online publishing.

UPDATE: The president of IFEX member Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab, was re-arrested and sentenced to three years in prison on 16 August. Many other human rights defenders remain in prison, including BCHR’s founder Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, and his daughter, Zainab Al-Khawaja.

Lawrence al-Rashidi was found guilty of “insulting the Prince and his powers in poems uploaded on YouTube.”

The authorities haven’t given a reason for Kamel Abbas al-Ahmed’s detention, but ANHRI believes it’s because he spoke out for rights for Shiites.

The workshop included theoretical, technical, and practical training on blogging, social networks, photography, and filming in support of freedom of expression.

Cairo – May 3rd, 2012 ANHRI condemns the arrest of Aziz Amami, Tunisia activist and blogger, upon his arrival to Cairo airport to participate in several seminars in Egypt on the grounds of his participation in protests calling for the overthrow of military rule in Egypt in front of the Egyptian embassy in Tunisia. Upon […]