Bahrain Center for Human Rights

Hi Please find attached a new statement from the Bahrain center for Human Rights Kind regards,

Over 80 groups around the world call on the authorities to free human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and writers, some of whom have been detained incommunicado; and request help from UN Special Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan.

Human rights defenders, activists, journalists, doctors and lawyers who attended Bahrain UPR events in Geneva in May with IFEX members and partners have been threatened for speaking out about violations.

Nabeel Rajab now finds himself facing four different charges, all placed on him in the last 30 days.

Private photos and videos of the human rights lawyer Mohamed Al-Tajer and his wife have been circulated online via pro-government forums and social media accounts.

UN member states expressed strong concerns over the country’s human rights record during the second cycle of their Universal Periodic Review in Geneva.

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.