Press Freedom Groups Call for Lifting of Al Wasat Suspension

Top press freedom organizations and local Bahraini groups raised alarm, in a letter they addressed ...

Amnesty: Utter Contempt for Human Dignity across the Gulf

Thousands of people in the Gulf face the prospect of their lives being further disrupted ...

HRW: Al Wasat’s Suspension Violation of Right to Freedom of Expression

Bahraini authorities on June 4, 2017, ordered the immediate indefinite suspension of Al Wasat, the ...

UN’s Zeid Warns States to Respect Rights in Qatar Row

The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain appear to be violating people’s human rights by threatening ...

HRW: Media Blocked, Threatened in Dispute with Qatar

Arab countries engaged in a dispute with Qatar have shut down media outlets with links ...

NGOs Call on UN to Demand Immediate Release of Nabeel Rajab

On the first anniversary of the detention of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, 15 human ...

Amnesty Calls on Bahrain to Stop Targeting Sayed Alwadaei Family

Amnesty International called on, in a report released on Monday, June 12, 2017, the Bahraini ...

Freedom of Expression under Attack amid Political Dispute in Gulf

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are toying with the lives of ...

CPJ: Bahrain Should Revoke Order Barring Al-Wasat

Bahraini authorities should revoke an order barring the independent news outlet Al-Wasat from publishing and ...

Front Line Defenders: Ebtisam Saegh Tortured and Sexually Assaulted

Front Line Defenders said, in a report released on Thursday (June 1, 2017), that human ...