Bahrain Center for Human Rights

Bahraini Lawyer AbdelAziz Moosa was arrested for tweeting about the reported torture of his client, detained blogger Mohamed Hassan.

Maryam Al-Khawaja, the acting president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, had decided to visit Bahrain to visit her imprisoned father and sister and to monitor the situation ahead of planned protests set to take place on 14 August.

International human rights organisations are urged to attempt to visit Bahrain over the coming week, in order to monitor ongoing protests, especially on 14 August when the country is expected to come under lockdown.

Over 150 IFEX members and partners of ARTICLE 19 appealed to US President Obama to drop charges against whistleblower Edward Snowden, update the Whistleblower Protection Act and pass a media shield law.

More than 24 hours after his arrest, there is no confirmed information on the whereabouts of Bahraini blogger Mohammed Hassan.

Over 30 IFEX members write to President Rafael Correa, calling on him to submit the recently-approved Ecuadorian Communications Law to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for a Consultative Opinion.

People are encouraged to join around 200 organisations supporting the adoption of 13 basic principles applying existing human rights law to modern digital surveillance.

As a mass protest looms on 14 August, the Bahraini government held an emergency session of the National Assembly to put forth strict recommendations to limit protests, including banning sit-ins, rallies and gatherings in Manama.