Bahrain Center for Human Rights

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Link to: Forty-four IFEX members and partners call proposed cyber crimes law a setback to free speech

Forty-four IFEX members and partners call proposed cyber crimes law a setback to free speech

An open letter by 44 organisations calls Iraq’s proposed Information Technology Crimes law a threat to the fundamental freedoms necessary for the evolution of free speech and a vibrant press. The law will come to vote in the Iraqi Council of Representatives in April.

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Human rights activist in critical stage of hunger strike

Abdulhadi Alkhawaja has entered his 56th day of a hunger strike and is now in a critical phase where his life is at stake.

Ahmed Ismael Hassan AlSamadi, BCHR

Armed civilians affiliated with security forces kill citizen journalist

Cameraman Ahmed Ismael Hassan AlSamadi was shot while covering a peaceful protest in Salmabad by an armed civilian accompanying the formal security forces.

Link to: Nine human rights organisations raise freedom of expression demands with Arab League

Nine human rights organisations raise freedom of expression demands with Arab League

Among the demands expressed by the rights organisations is the immediate release of human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, whose health is severely compromised after 50 days of hunger strike.

BCHR documents human rights violations post-BICI Report

The report honours the past and current sacrifices made by human rights defender Abdulhadi Alkhawaja and all those who paid a high price for demanding human rights.

Mixlr.com/wefaqlive, an audio live streaming website, was broadcasting a mass rally of opposition groups when it was suddenly blocked, BCHR

On World Day Against Cyber Censorship, BCHR calls for action from authorities

Amid last year’s events, many websites were reported blocked due to their reporting on casualties among protestors and uploading photos and videos of peaceful protests being brutally attacked by security forces.

Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja

Fifty rights groups call on King to free Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, whose life is at risk in prison

Fifty IFEX members and other rights groups call on the Bahrain authorities to release from prison human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, whose life is at risk since beginning a hunger strike on 8 February.

Link to: Human rights defender renews hunger strike, calls on EU states to take more action

Human rights defender renews hunger strike, calls on EU states to take more action

Danish-Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Alkhawaja has entered the fifteenth day of his hunger strike and has written a letter to the Danish Foreign Minister calling on him to take more action on the basis of the EU Guidelines on the protection of human rights defenders around the world.