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Bahrain teachers now prisoners of conscience | Amnesty ...
15 October 2012

Call on the Minister of Justice to ensure sentences are quashed and they are released immediately.

Action Document      

Bahrain: Further information: Health professionals imprisoned
2 October 2012

Six health professionals – whose jail sentences were upheld by the Court of Cassation in Manama, the capital of Bahrain – were arrested on 2 October. They are prisoners ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/058/2012

Bahrain: Further information: Health professionals' sentences ...
1 October 2012

On 1 October 2012, Bahrain's Court of Cassation upheld the sentences against nine health professionals who challenged a Court of Appeals ruling. Six of them are ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/057/2012

Bahrain: Further information: Woman activist sentenced in Bahrain ...
26 September 2012

Bahraini activist Zainab Al-Khawaja was sentenced to two months imprisonment by the Lower Criminal Court in Manama on 26 September charged with tearing up a picture ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/056/2012

Bahrain must protect human rights activists from reprisals
25 September 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT. 25 September 2012. Index: MDE 11/055/2012. Bahrain must protect human rights activists from reprisals. ...

Public Statement       MDE 11/055/2012

Bahrain's acceptance of key UPR recommendations welcome, but ...
20 September 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT AI Index: MDE 11/054/2012 20 September 2012. Bahrain's acceptance of key UPR recommendations ...

Public Statement       MDE 11/054/2012

Bahrain must free prisoners of conscience after outrageous verdict ...
4 September 2012

The decision by Bahrain's appeal court to uphold sentences against 13 opposition activists and prisoners of conscience is outrageous and must be overturned.

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Bahrain: Further information: Sentences upheld for 13 opposition ...
3 September 2012

The High Criminal Court of Appeal in Bahrain upheld the sentences against the 13 opposition activists on 4 September 2012. Their sentences range between five years ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/053/2012

Bahrain: Further information: Bahraini activist remains in prison ...
24 August 2012

Prominent Bahraini human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, was acquitted of the charge of libel by the Appeals Court in Manama on 23 August 2012. He remains in prison ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/052/2012

Bahrain: Further information: Bahraini activist sentenced to three ...
21 August 2012

Nabeel Rajab, a prominent Bahraini human rights activist, was sentenced to three years imprisonment on 16 August 2012 for taking part in anti-government protests ...

Urgent Action       MDE 11/051/2012