Bahrain Center for Human Rights

Among the 400 gigabytes of data, was a file called “Midworld Pro – Bahrain” which indicated a Bahraini purchase of the “Remote Control System” spyware likely used to target human rights activists and political opposition.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) welcomes Nabeel Rajab’s release, but also calls for all charges against him to be dropped, in addition to the release of all other unjustly detained prisoners of conscience.

This is the first resolution on Bahrain to have been adopted by the current parliament, elected in April 2014, and marks continued European concern for the state of human rights in the Gulf country.

Sheikh Ali Salman, leader of the Al-Wefaq Society and a prominent religious figure in Bahrain, was charged with publicly inciting hatret, insulting public institutions, and promoting a change in the regime.

Four years after Sierra Leone Journalist Ibrahim Foday’s death, members of IFEX join the Media Foundation for West Africa in calling for more rapid progress.

ADHRB received reports that persons who had submitted complaints to the Ombudsman had been subjected to retaliatory acts of torture from Ministry of the Interior employees, implying an abuse-perpetuating link between the Ombudsman and the MOI.

Charged under the Sedition Act in Malaysia, internationally known political cartoonist Zunar could face 43 years in jail for a tweet.

On World Press Freedom Day, organisations from around the globe commit to defending the right to freedom of expression, even when that right is being used to express views that may be offensive.