Freedom of expression
Politically Motivated Closure of the Bahraini Akhbar Al-Khaleej Newspaper
The Newspaper had always taken advantage of the dispute with Iran to incite Internal Sectarian hatred without governmental objection
Arbitrary Detention of a Citizen for Disseminating Information on the National Security Apparatus
Targeting the President of the BCHR in the same case
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights 8 June 2009
Steadfast in Protest: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders publishes its Annual Report 2009
Friday 19th June 2009,
The 2009 Annual report of the Observatory :BAHRAIN
THE OBSERVATORY for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders :BAHRAIN
Political context
Amnesty International Report 2009- Bahrain
The authorities failed adequately to investigate allegations of torture and other ill-treatment of detainees. Government critics were briefly detained and several websites were closed down. One person was executed. The government indicated it would decriminalize certain publishing offences, reduce legal discrimination against women and introduce other reforms.
Background
Forty local and international orginisations protest attacks on free expression in Bahrain
(BCHR/IFEX) - Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty IFEX members signed on to the following statement, calling on the Bahraini authorities to address recent attacks on free expression in that country:
ReligiousIntelligence:Human rights group worried over freedom of expression
Human rights group worried over freedom of expression
Wednesday, 27th May 2009. 1:35pm
By: Paolo Gallini.
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights has expressed its concerns over the deterioration in the level of freedom of expression there.
Special security forces prevent people from holding public seminar
26 May 2009
(BCHR/IFEX) - The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its concerns over the deterioration in the level of freedom of expression as exemplified by the deployment by the local Authorities to Special Forces to prevent people and organizers from attending and holding a public seminar on16 May 2009. The seminar was focusing on what is locally dubbed as "political naturalization in Bahrain" referring to granting the Bahraini nationality on a wide scale to achieve a political agenda. The organizers are six political societies, namely the National Democratic Action Society "Waad", Progressive Forum, Al-Wefaq, Amal, National Coalition and Al-Ekhaa. The seminar was supposed to be held in Arad village, in the premises of the "Waad" branch in Muharraq Island.
Authorities step up offensive against journalists and websites
Bahrain | 14.05.2009
Reporters Without Borders is concerned about freedom of expression in Bahrain. In the past couple of months, two journalists have been charged because of what they wrote and the information ministry has stepped up Internet filtering.
URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY: Abduction / Attack / Ill-treatment in Bahrain
THE OBSERVATORY
for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
BHR 002 / 0509 / OBS 071
May 13, 2009
