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Index calls on Bahrain government to free Nabeel Rajab

Index on Censorship has called upon the Bahraini government to release 2012 Index Freedom of Expression Award winner Nabeel Rajab and other prisoners of conscience

Index urges Bahrain to accept UN recommendations

by Daisy Williams | 19 Sep 12

As the Human Rights Council (HRC) prepares to release its final recommendations on Bahrain, Index joins over 100 NGOs in calling for the country to implement the recommendations.
Daisy Williams reports

Bahrain: Index condemns the arrest of prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab

by Index on Censorship | 06 May 12

Index condemns last night’s arrest of Index’s 2012 Award winner and head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab and the ongoing harassment of human rights activists in Bahrain

Why I won’t be going to Bahrain next week

by Sara Yasin | 03 May 12

Government changes visa rules to prevent seven rights groups visiting Bahrain next week

Bahraini activist serving life sentence writes letter from prison

by Sara Yasin | 13 Feb 12

Prominent Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja has been serving a life sentence since April 2011 for his involvement in anti-government protests last year. Al-Khawaja, who is also a Danish citizen, recently wrote a letter from prison to the Minister of Foreign Affairs to push for his release

Index and rights groups report condemns ongoing human rights violations in Bahrain

by Sara Yasin | 24 Jan 12

An international mission today releases a report asking Bahraini officials to deliver on reform promises, and to stop continuing violations of free expression