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Bahrain heading for 'total suppression' of human rights, as opposition group bannedPress release 31 May 2017
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Urgent Action update: Bahraini man's death sentence upheld on appeal
On 11 May, the Bahrain High Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence imposed against Maher Abbas Ahmed. His case will now go before the Court of Cassation. Maher Abbas Ahmed will be at imminent risk of execution if the sentence is upheld again.
Urgent action outcomes 22 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Bahraini opposition member at risk of torture
On 5 May, Nizar al-Qari, a member of the opposition party al-Wefaq, was arrested and taken to the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), where he alleges he was deprived of sleep and handcuffed behind his back for long periods of his detention.
Urgent action outcomes 17 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Forcibly disappeared Bahraini faces military trial
On 9 May, Fadhel Sayed Abbas Hasan Radhi’s case has been transferred to a military court. Neither his family nor lawyer have been informed of the charges.
Urgent action outcomes 15 May 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Bahrain's opposition leader's sentence reduced againOn 3 April, the Court of Cassation in Bahrain reduced the prison sentence against opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman to four years in prison for the second time. He is a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 18 Apr 2017 -
Bahrain: Disastrous move towards patently unfair military trials of civiliansPress release 03 Apr 2017
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Urgent Action good news: Bahraini Activist Dr Ali Esa Mansoor al-Ekri released
Dr Ali Esa Mansoor al-Ekri, a Bahraini consultant surgeon and activist, has been released after completing his five-year prison sentence. He was a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 03 Apr 2017 -
USA's sale of F-16s to Bahrain 'sends dangerous signal' on human rightsPress release 30 Mar 2017
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Urgent Action: Bahraini student in detention alleges torture
Bahraini student Ali Mohamed Hakeem al-Arab was arrested on 9 February and taken to the Criminal Investigations Directorate where he alleges he was tortured and forced to “confess”. He has been denied access to a lawyer. Upon transfer to Dry Dock Prison…
Urgent action outcomes 29 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Growing health concerns for prominent activist in Bahrain
Prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab has been held in solitary confinement for nine months, with growing concerns about the effect it is having on his health and well-being.
Urgent action outcomes 27 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Three Bahrainis executed by firing squadOn 15 January the Bahraini authorities executed three men by firing squad. Seven others continue to serve life sentences which were upheld by the Court of Cassation on 9 January along with the three death sentences.
Urgent action outcomes 20 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience on trial faces new charges in Bahrain
Prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab remains on trial for comments posted on Twitter. The verdict pursuant to his trial has been repeatedly postponed since October 2016. He also faces a new trial on separate charges related to TV interviews he gave. He…
Urgent action outcomes 27 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action: Activist back in detention in Bahrain
Bahraini activist Nader Abdulemam was arrested on 18 February and taken to Jaw prison to serve the remaining four and a half months of a prison sentence handed down to him for participating in and calling on people to join an illegal march in Manama in…
Urgent action outcomes 22 Feb 2017 -
Bahrain at 'tipping point' as crackdown continuesPress release 14 Feb 2017
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Urgent Action: Bahraini's fate and whereabouts unknown
Fadhel Sayed Abbas Hasan Radhi has been detained without charge since his arrest on 29 September 2016. He has had no access to a lawyer and only limited access to his family.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Fate and whereabouts of Bahraini unknown
Al-Sayed Alawi Hussain al-Alawi continues to be detained without charge or access to a lawyer since his arrest in October 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Jan 2017 -
Bahrain: postponement of Nabeel Rajab's verdict for sixth time is blatant harassmentPress release 23 Jan 2017
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Urgent Action: Two men at imminent risk of execution in Bahrain
Mohamed Ramadhan ‘Issa ‘Ali Hussain and Hussain ‘Ali Moosa Hussain Mohamed, are at imminent risk of execution following the execution of three men on 15 January. Their death sentences were upheld by the Court of Cassation on 16 November 2015. Their trial…
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Three men now face imminent execution in Bahrain
On 9 January the Court of Cassation in Bahrain upheld death sentences against three Bahraini men. It also upheld life sentences against seven others and the revocation of the nationality of eight of them.
Urgent action outcomes 16 Jan 2017 -
Bahrain: execution of three men is 'dark day for human rights' in the countryPress release 15 Jan 2017
