Bahraini human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja will appear before the Bahraini court of appeals on 21 October
Zainab Al-Khawaja to face Bahrain court of appeal
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CATEGORY: Bahrain
Renewed calls for al-Singace release as protest hits 200 days
Today marks the 200th day of Bahraini prisoner of conscience Dr Abduljalil al-Singace’s protest. Since 21 March, Dr al-Singace has boycotted all solid food in protest of the treatment of inmates at the Central Jau Prison.
NGOs invite states to sign UN joint-statement on Bahrain
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy alongside 16 NGOs including Index on Censorship today voiced our support for the UN joint-statement
International NGOs call on Bahrain to release Dr Abduljalil al-Singace
Bahraini prisoner of conscience Dr Abduljalil al-Singace today hits a milestone 160 days of hunger strike as rights organisations appeal for his...
Release prisoner of conscience Dr Abduljalil al-Singace as hunger strike reaches 160th day
Forty-one international NGOs call on the Bahraini authorities to release Dr Abduljalil al-Singace and all prisoners of conscience in Bahrain.
27 Aug: Protest to support jailed Bahraini blogger and academic
Join us to mark the 160th day of Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace’s hunger strike
Bahrain: Magazine sent to jailed academic and blogger
Editor Rachael Jolley mailed the latest copy of Index on Censorship magazine Fired, threatened, imprisoned… is academic freedom being eroded? to jailed Bahraini academic and blogger
#SingaceHungerStrike: Rights groups denounce Bahrain’s ongoing detention of academic
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), English PEN and Index on Censorship gathered outside the Bahrain Embassy in London on Wednesday 29 July 2015 to protest the ongoing detention of Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace.
Bahraini king pardons rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab
Index welcomes King Hamad’s pardoning of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, but calls for the release of all political prisoners in Bahrain
Bahrain: Calls for release of Nabeel Rajab on global day of solidarity
The Bahraini human rights defender was once again arrested in October 2014 in connection with one of his tweets