Articles by Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Bahrain must end harassment of human rights defender Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman
IFEX members call on the Government of Bahrain to stop the judicial harassment of Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, and to allow human rights defenders to exercise their right to freedom of expression.
On the anniversary of Charlie Hebdo, dissenting voices must be protected
Civil society groups mark the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack by calling on governments worldwide to fulfill their obligation to protect freedom of expression.
Bahraini rights defender Mohammad Al-Maskati faces prison if sentence upheld
Al-Maskati is the founder and former president of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR), and is currently a digital security consultant at Front Line Defenders. On 31 December 2014, the Lower Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced him to six months in prison but he remained free on bail of 100 BHD until the appeal.
Civil society calls for investigation into surveillance of journalist Cătălin Tolontan
IFEX members call for an immediate investigation into spying operations in Romania incompatible with free and democratic society.
Protect Hungarians’ right to criticise public officials, say IFEX members
IFEX members support the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union’s draft law to decriminalise libel and defamation of public officials
Call for release of Buddhist monk and prominent Vietnamese dissident Thich Quang Do
A renowned spiritual leader, scholar, dissident and many-times Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Thich Quang Do, 87, has spent more than three decades in detention in Vietnam for his peaceful advocacy of religious freedom, democracy and human rights.
Bahrain’s Shiite community facing increased harassment during holy month of Muharram
Religious clerics arrested, Ashura banners taken down, and public demonstrations suppressed. This is what celebrating the Islamic holy month of Muharram looks like for Bahrain’s Shiite majority.
How one Bahraini man’s work on countering hatred got him arrested for hate speech
Sheikh Maytham Al Salman, who works for the Mashreq-Maghreb Coalition to Counter Hatred on issues relating to anti-extremism, anti-violence and hate speech, was arrested at the Bahrain International Airport upon his return from a work trip to a number of countries in North Africa.