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Urgent Action good news: Bahraini prisoner of conscience released
Bahraini activist Dr Sa’eed Mothaher Habib al-Samahiji has been released after completing his one-year prison sentence. He was a prisoner of conscience.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Jan 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Released on medical grounds but still on trial in Bahrain
Bahraini women’s rights activist Ghada Jamsheer was released from prison on 12 December on medical grounds. The court has ordered to serve the remaining four months of her combined 10 month sentence as a community service.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Jail sentence against opposition leader upheld in Bahrain
On 12 December the Appeal Court in Bahrain issued its verdict against opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman and sentenced him again to nine years in prison after a retrial.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Dec 2016 -
Bahrain: opposition leader Sheikh Salman's new nine-year sentence is 'shocking'Press release 12 Dec 2016
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Urgent Action update: Ten Bahraini men sentenced to death and life imprisonment
A Bahraini court of appeal upheld the death sentences against three Bahraini men, the life sentences against seven others and the revocation of the nationality of eight of them on 4 December after an unfair retrial in relation to the killing of three…
Urgent action outcomes 07 Dec 2016 -
Theresa May should ‘speak out’ on human rights during Gulf tripPress release 05 Dec 2016
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Urgent Action: Detained without charge for more than a month in Bahrain
Al-Sayed Alawi Hussain al-Alawi was arrested at work on 24 October in Bahrain. He was allowed to call his family for the first time late at night on 27 November to tell them that he was being held at the Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID).
Urgent action outcomes 05 Dec 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Charge dropped, Ebrahim Sharif remains free in Bahrain
Bahraini political activist Ebrahim Sharif’s one year prison sentence was upheld on 7 November by the Appeal Court. He remains free having already completed one year in prison on 11 July.
Urgent action outcomes 30 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Leader's retrial verdict set for 4th December in Bahrain
The Appeal Court has set 4 December to issue its verdict following a single half an hour hearing in the retrial of Bahraini opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Bahrani opposition leader's retrial date set
On 17 October the Cassation Court rejected the Appeal Court’s decision to extend the opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman’s prison sentence from four to nine years and ordered his retrial before the Appeal Court.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
Bahrain: briefing ahead of Prince Charles’ visitPress release 07 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action update: Ghada Jamsheer to plead for early release in Bahrain
Bahraini women’s rights activist Ghada Jamsheer, a prisoner of conscience serving the remainder of a 10-month prison sentence, is due in court on 7 November.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Further probes ordered into Nabeel Rajab's case in Bahrain
Bahraini human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab’s verdict has been postponed once again. The High Criminal Court has scheduled the next hearing for 15 December to allow further investigations into his Twitter account.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Activist's prison sentence reduced to 3 years in Bahrain
On 26 October the five years prison sentence against political activist and prisoner of conscience Fadhel Abbas Mahdi Mohamed was reduced to three years by Bahrain’s High Court of Appeals.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update:Ali Isa Al-Tajer's trial adjourned to 3 November in Bahrain
Ali Isa al-Tajer’s trial on terrorism charges began on 23 August. The judge did not respond to the allegation that his confessions were extracted under torture.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Nabeel Rajab's trial postponed to 31 October in Bahrain
The High Criminal Court has postponed its verdict in the case of Bahraini human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab to 31 October.
Urgent action outcomes 12 Oct 2016 -
Bahrain: today's dissolution of main opposition party is 'flagrant attack on freedom of expression'Press release 22 Sep 2016
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Update Urgent Action: One-year sentence upheld for Bahraini activist
Dr Sa’eed al-Samahiji had his one-year prison sentence upheld on appeal on 7 September
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Date set for political activist's verdict in Bahrain
Bahrain’s High Court of Appeals has set 26 October as the date on which it will issue its verdict in the case against political activist and prisoner of conscience Fadhel Abbas.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Sep 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Nabeel Rajab's trial postponed to 5th September
Bahraini prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab appeared before the High Criminal Court on 2 August. His trial was adjourned to 5 September, and his continued detention and referral for medical checks was ordered. His lawyers’ request for his release on…
Urgent action outcomes 05 Aug 2016