A peaceful demonstration, held by several human rights and political activists on 17 December 2007, to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the killing of two protestors, was violently dispersed by Bahraini security forces, resulting in the death of an activist. In the wake of this demonstration, several human rights activists were arrested and subsequently laid down with trumped up charges of rioting, possession and theft of weapons and setting fire to a police vehicle. The detained activists have reportedly been subjected to beatings and torture while in detention. Their case continues in court.
URGENT ALERT: BAHRAIN – Government brutally cracks down on protestors http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3078
Press Release: Bahrain – Human Rights Activists Detained and Ill-treated
http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3148
URGENT ALERT: BAHRAIN – Human Rights Activists Detained and Ill-treated http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3180
BAHRAIN: Court held, without lawyers, and outside official timing http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3176
Social Workers, Civil Liberty Protestors, and Trade Unionists detained in Bahrain http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3177
Press Release: Bahrain – Detained Human Rights Activists in Court Session http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3202
Bahrain Shia call for activists\' release http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3221
BAHRAIN:Activists Spelling out Torture Agony During First Court Session http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3237
URGENT Press Release: BAHRAIN: Torture of 15yrs in the street and the detention center http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3241
BAHRAIN: Ill-treatment continues - Mohammed Alsingace further tortured by being prevented from access to medication http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3247
URGENT ALERT: BAHRAIN – Detained Human Rights Activists To Appear in Court on Monday http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3248
URGENT ALERT: BAHRAIN – Human Rights Activists Collapse After Hunger Strike http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3282
URGENT Press Release: BAHRAIN: Tortured detainees Collapse after three days of hunger strike http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3284
URGENT ALERT: BAHRAIN – Medical Report Asserts Torture of Human Rights Activists http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3321
URGENT ALERT: BAHRAIN – Detained Human Rights Activists Continue to be Ill-treated http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3330
URGENT ALERT: Bahrain – Detained human rights activists given harsh jail sentences http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3528
UPDATE ALERT: Bahrain – Five detained human rights activists excluded from general amnesty http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3551
Court sentences protesters to jail http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3552
Forwarded Alert: Bahrain - Five Activists Appealing Hopelessly on 14th September Against 5-7 Year http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3609
2) Government Crackdown on Protests
Bahrain: Children detained, tortured and prevented from setting exams http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3533
ALERT: BAHRAIN – Youths referred to court after being subjected to torture
http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3359
Bahrain: A Nine-years Boy to be Summoned for Interrogation by Security Authorities http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3532
Bahrain: Ten youths from village of Saar - including school students – referred to court after being subjected to torture http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3358
Forwarded Alert: BAHRAIN - Four Youths Tortured into Confessing to Attack on Security Vehicles
http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3336
3) Suppression of Journalists and Writers, Ban on Books and Websites
The Bahraini authorities continue to suppress freedom of speech and expression in the country. A number of websites have been censored by the government, and journalists and writers are living under constant threat of prosecution and imprisonment. Controversial columnists have also found themselves harassed and followed by security forces. Several journalists are currently facing trial under defamation laws.
Alert: Human Rights Website Censored in Bahrain http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2992
4) Miscellaneous Campaigns
Seminar Transcript: Bahrain; Failed Political Experiment; Serious HR Violations http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3703
Bahrain: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=3431
Political Naturalization in Bahrain: Various Violations of Citizens and Foreign Workers Rights http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2860
BAHRAIN:HAQ Unravels The Truth About Human Rights And Democracy Records http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2859
Bahrain\'s Sectarian Challenge http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2858
Discrimination In Granting Citizenship In Bahrain http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2857
Discrimination in Bahrain: The Unwritten Law http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=2856
Bahrain: Mosques attacked; Personalized attacks against AFP and Stanley Newens http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=258
Bahrain: Security forces attack residential areas http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=257
Bahrain: Membership of the Security Council carries international implications http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=255
BAHRAIN\'S GOVERNMENT RUBBER STAMPS ATROCITIES http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=254
Bahrain: The government will not be able to run away from the core issues http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=253
Bahrain: Kangaroo court can not salvage an outdated government http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=252
Bahrain: Yet another lie by a government at war with its people http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=251
Bahrain: Security forces attack residential areas and clash with citizens http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=250
BFM Statement: The pro-democracy movement represents the will of the Bahraini people http://www.ihrc.org.uk/show.php?id=248
