Freedom of expression
Authorities block human rights page on Twitter website

Alert - Bahrain
20 January 2010
Authorities block human rights page on Twitter website
SOURCE: Bahrain Center for Human Rights
(BCHR/IFEX) - 10 January 2010 - The authorities have blocked a personal webpage operated by a Bahraini resident on the global social website Twitter, justifying the move by claiming that the owner of the webpage is breaking the country's law regulating printing, publishing and the press.
Freedom in the World 2010 Survey Release
Bahrain’s political rights rating declined from 5 to 6 and its status from Partly Free to Not Free due to arrests of prominent members of the Haq political society, an increase in systematic harassment of opposition political figures, and worsening sectarian discrimination
Smear campaign against free expression

Smear campaign against free expression
2 Dec 2010
A large number of fake human rights and civil society organisations have sprung to life in Bahrain, when in reality they are fronts for greater government control, says a new report by the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR).
Authorities prevent an annual demonstration in commemoration of martyrs and torture victims

On National Day, Bahrain turns into a security quagmire
Authorities prevent an annual demonstration in commemoration of martyrs and torture victims
Expanding the red lines of criticism in the press

The unspoken rules imposed on journalist and self-censorship
BAHRAIN: SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST FREE EXPRESSION

REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS
8. BAHRAIN: SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST FREE EXPRESSION
BCHR President takes legal action over Media Smear Campaign

BCHR President takes legal action over Media Smear Campaign
Bahrain Center for Human Rights
22 November 2009
President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) Nabeel Rajab filed a court case against Bahraini media proprietor AnwarAbdulrahmantoday(Nov22), for repeated incidences of defamation in Mr Abdulrahman's English and Arabic language newspapers.
FIDH & BHRS: Slandering media campaign against Human Rights activist
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS)
Paris – Manama, November 20, 2009.
CARAM Asia:Newly Elected Chair of CARAM Asia Faces Unfounded Media Accusations
As a regional organisation comprised of some 34 members from 17 countries, Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility Asia (CARAM Asia) remains astonished by the recent accusations of Gulf News Daily and Akhbar Al-Khaleej and their malicious and unfounded attacks levelled at our newly elected Chair Nabeel Rajab, the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and by extension CARAM Asia.
ALERT - BAHRAIN Columnist suspended after writing articles about demands for democratic reforms

SOURCE: Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR/IFEX) -
18 November 2009
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is concerned





