The 19th hearing of the leading Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was unexpectedly held earlier than the court had originally ruled.
Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab’s tweet trial brought forward, then adjourned to 7 December
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Dear President Juncker, Dear President Tajani, Dear Prime Minister Ratas, Dear Prime Minister Borissov, Dear Ministers, Dear MEP Voss, We write to...
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Open letter to UN High Commissioner on Egypt’s crackdown on freedom of expression
To: His Excellency Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Re: Call for action to condemn the Egyptian authorities’...
Court rejects Nabeel Rajab’s appeal against prison sentence for speaking to journalists
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nabeel Rajab’s sentence to two years in prison for speaking to journalists was upheld on 22 November 2017 by a...
Groups call on US, UK and EU to support Nabeel Rajab
Rights groups have written to 11 states and the EU calling for action ahead of the conclusion of Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab’s appeal.
Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab’s trial for tweets adjourned to 31 December
The trial of Bahrain’s most prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was adjourned to 31 December for a technical report on his tweets.
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Index on Censorship has joined with 18 other parties to call on the president of Equatorial Guinea to release cartoonist Ramón Esono Ebalé.