Bahrain upholds jail sentences of activists

By Carlos Latuff 06/09/2012 15:32

A Bahrain court yesterday upheld jail terms against 13 leading opposition figures, including seven facing life in prison, over charges of plotting to overthrow the Gulf monarchy, lawyers said. The opposition swiftly condemned the “vindictive” rulings and accused the court of staging “mock trials”, while London-based Amnesty International called for the defendants to be quickly released as the verdicts were “outrageous”. The defendants who played leading roles in month-long protests last year demanding democratic reforms did not turn up in the appeals court, the lawyers said.

50 political detainee children in bahrain

By Maziyar Bizhani 16/06/2012 19:30

Human rights groups suggest that one hundred children has arrested since Bahrain's revolution started in 2010 and half of them(about 50) are still in Al-khalifa jails

Breaking pledge, Bahrain bars free expression mission

By Jan-Erik Ander (JEANDER) 15/05/2012 10:47

Reneging on a promise made just weeks earlier, Bahraini authorities have denied visas to representatives of several free expression organizations who planned to travel to the kingdom next week to assess press and free speech conditions. CPJ is among several organizations that have signed a joint letter to Bahrain's director of human rights organizations condemning the action.