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Executions spark mass protests and Bahraini authorities respond with force

On 15 January 2017, shortly after the Bahraini government announced that the executions of three men had been carried out, 150 peaceful marches set out in 38 locations across Bahrain.

Nazeeha Saeed, BCHR/MLDI

Journalist and torture survivor on trial in Bahrain

On 16 January 2017, a Bahraini court will begin hearing the trial of the correspondent for Radio Monte Carlo Doualiya and France24, Nazeeha Saeed, who was was charged on 17 July 2016 with “practicing journalism without a license.”

Nazeeha Saeed, BCHR/MLDI

Journalist and torture survivor on trial in Bahrain

On 16 January 2017, a Bahraini court will begin hearing the trial of the correspondent for Radio Monte Carlo Doualiya and France24, Nazeeha Saeed, who was was charged on 17 July 2016 with “practicing journalism without a license.”

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al khalifa , REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Bahrain’s New Year of Oppression

The Bahraini authorities are starting 2017 with more oppression and practising human rights violations against the people, as indicated by cases documented by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR).

Protesters holding Bahraini flags and placards with images of Bahrain's leading Shi'ite cleric Isa Qassim, shout religious slogans during an anti-government protest after Friday prayers in the village of Diraz, west of Manama, Bahrain, August 12, 2016. The placards read, "We sacrifice our souls for you". , REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Escalating police violence in besieged village of Diraz in Bahrain

“Bahrain is gambling with its stability,” said Director of Advocacy at Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) Sayed Ahmed AlWadaei.

The Douma 4: Samira Al-Khalil, Nazim Hammadi, Razan Zaitouneh and Wa’el Hamada

Three years on and no word on Douma’s missing activists

The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Al-Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazim Hammadi remain missing three years after armed men abducted them.

The Douma 4: Samira Al-Khalil, Nazim Hammadi, Razan Zaitouneh and Wa’el Hamada

Three years on and no word on Douma’s missing activists

The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Al-Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazim Hammadi remain missing three years after armed men abducted them.

Imprisoned journalist Faisal Hayyat

Bahrain must cease judicial harassment of Faisal Hayyat and other Bahraini journalists

48 human rights organizations have signed a letter asking King Hamad to cease its judicial harassment of human rights defenders and its violation of their right to freedom of expression.