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Amnesty: Bahrain activists must receive a fair trial
6 September 2010
Amnesty International has urged the Bahraini authorities to ensure a fair trial for 23 Shi'a Muslim activists accused of terrorism and plotting to overthrow the government.
All but two of the 23 were arrested as part of an increased clampdown by the authorities on Shi'a opposition and human rights activists in the run-up to next month's parliamentary elections.
Many of those detained have been held incommunicado amid reports of torture and other abuse.
BAHRAIN: IHRC refers treatment of activists to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
IHRC appeals to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to take up case of Bahraini human rights activists subjected to torture and other forms of abuse after being arrested during current crackdown on civil society activists and critics of the government.
6 September 2010.
The IHRC, which is an NGO in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, has written an open letter to UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak, demanding that he look into the treatment of civil society activists recently arrested in Bahrain, and reportedly subjected to severe forms of torture and degrading treatment while being held incommunicado for over two weeks.
Bahrain : In the Waged War against Freedom of Expression : Torture , Blocking And Prohibition of Publication
The Arabic Network Denounces Detaining The Blogger Ali Abdelemam. Security Crackdown on Bahraini Activists Steps Up
Cairo , September 6th , 2010
The Arabic Network for Human rights Information strongly denounced the escalated crackdown on political activists and human rights defenders in Bahrain in the past few days. Bahrain witnessed detentions ,torturing activists and blocking tens of websites reporting on these assaults , last of which was detaining the blogger and internet activist Ali Abdelemam and the prosecution decision to prohibit publishing on activists’ case.
Bahrain: arrest of human rights defender and leading blogger Ali Abdulemam and ten other human rights defenders
2010/09/06
Human rights defender and leading Bahraini blogger, Mr Ali Abdulemam was arrested on 4 September at 9 pm by Bahraini National Security Agency (NSA). Ali Abdulemam created and managed since 1999 a leading news website on Bahrain (ww.bahrainonline.org) as well as a blog. He has been active internationally raising attention to the situation of freedom of expression and the media environment in Bahrain.
Take action! Appeal for urgent intervention as activists are tortured for speaking out
3 September 2010
IFEX member Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is urgently calling on concerned individuals to write to the Bahrain government to end the systematic torture and imprisonment of those expressing their views, including political, religious and human rights activists. Abdul-Jalil Al-Singace, Sheikh Mohammed Habib Al-Muqdad, Sheikh Saeed Al-Nori, Abdul-Ghani Khanjjar and BCHR's Dr. Mohammed Saeed are among those who have endured brutal physical and mental torture.
IHRC: Action Alert: Bahrain –Haq Movement leader alleges torture during incommunicado detention
03 September 2010
Islamic Human Rights Commission
Contents
1. Summary
2. Background
3. Action required
4. Sample letters
1. Summary
Dr Al-Singace was arrested at Manama Airport on the morning of 13 August, as he and his family returned to the country from London. He only had access to his lawyer after almost two weeks in incommunicado detention.
Invitation to Press Conference on Recent Attacks by the Government of Bahrain on Public Liberties
Lord Avebury, the Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary HR Group
Cordially invites you to a Press Conference on:
Bahrain’s slide to the abyss and the need to defend its people
Political and human rights activists will discuss the recent attacks by the Government of Bahrain on public liberties, the arrest of human rights activists, the resumption of torture at an unprecedented scale and the implementation of genocidal policies.
10.45 am Tuesday 7th September 2010
Amnesty: Bahrain: allegations of torture and ill-treatment must be independently investigated
3 September 2010
Amnesty International has urged the Bahraini government to set up a prompt, impartial and independent investigation into allegations that well-known members of the country’s Shi’a Muslim community arrested in recent weeks were tortured or otherwise ill-treated while being detained incommunicado.
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders: Urgent Appeal
Acts of physical and psychological torture perpetrated against Messrs. Abduljalil Al-Sengais and Abdulghani Ali Issa Al-Khanjar while in detention
1 September 2010
The Observatory has been informed by the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) about the acts of physical and psychological torture perpetrated against Messrs. Abduljalil Al-Sengais, Spokesperson and Director of the Human Rights Bureau of the Haq Movement for Civil Liberties and Democracy, and Abdulghani Ali Issa Al-Khanjar, Spokesperson of the National Committee for Martyrs and Victims of Torture (NCMVT), while in detention.
HRW: Bahrain: Pursue Torture Allegations
Counterterrorism Charges Against Activists Follow Weeks of Incommunicado Detention
September 1, 2010
"Bahraini authorities should immediately investigate these allegations of torture and guarantee the physical and psychological well-being of the four men. The attorney general has a legal obligation to throw out any coerced confessions and any evidence obtained by ill-treatment, including information that led to the men's indictments."
Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch
(Washington, DC) - Bahraini authorities should immediately look into allegations of torture by four opposition activists who had been held in incommunicado detention for more than two weeks, Human Rights Watch said today. In their formal interrogation sessions with prosecutors, the four contended that their captors had subjected them to torture and degrading treatment.
