Bahrain Center for Human Rights

After having witnessed the torture of young political prisoners at the hands of prison guards at Jaw prison, Nabeel Rajab requested that the International Committee of the Red Cross visit him in prison so he can provide them with a testimony, but was soon after removed from his cell to an unknown location.

Bahrain’s Public Prosecutor charged human rights defender Naji Fateel with the alleged “establishment of a group in order to disable the provisions of the Constitution” and ordered his imprisonment for a period of 60 days pending investigation under the internationally criticized terrorism law.

Human rights defender, Naji Fateel, board member of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR), has been arrested without warrant by security men in civilian clothes at his home in the village of Bani-Jamra at dawn on 2 May 2013.

Violations against the freedom of the press in Bahrain are ongoing despite King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa’s pledge to uphold press freedom and reform.

Two dozen IFEX members call on Turkey to free prominent translator and women’s rights activist Ayşe Berktay, winner of the 2013 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award.

President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab is suffering from severe pain but is being denied medical attention in Bahrain’s Jaw Prison where he is serving a two-year sentence for his activisim.

Anti-government rallies were held across the nation during and around the Formula One event being held in Manama. The protests were met with increased violence from security forces prompting widespread arrests and a large number of injuries amongst protesters.

In advance of the Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend of 19-21 April 2013, Bahraini authorities are carrying out home raids and arbitrarily detaining opposition protesters, particularly those who live in towns close by or next to the race track.