Bahrain
The situation for Bahrain's media has deteriorated in the past year as ongoing demonstrations have been met with curtailment of both civil liberties and media freedom. On a fact-finding mission in late 2011, IMS together with its international partners found a number of human rights violations related to the Bahraini authorities' handling of protests and demonstrations since February 2011, including an ongoing suppresion of the media and civil society with journalists and human rights defenders facing military trials, life imprisonment, torture and harassment.Archive
- Al-Khawaja's daughter: "They have signed his death certificate"
- IRCT warns Bahraini government of imminent danger to Al-Khawaja's life
- Freedom of expression deteriorates further in Bahrain
- International push for the release of Al-Khawaja continues
- Until 'freedom or death' in Bahrain
- Bahrain: Human rights defender enters 50th day on hunger strike
- Forty-five rights groups call on King to free Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, whose life is at risk in prison
- Bahrain: Masking suppression of the media
- Bahrain: Prominent human rights defender on hunger strike
- Justice Denied in Bahrain: Freedom of Expression and Assembly Curtailed
- Promises for reform in Bahrain unfulfilled, while situation deteriorates
- International delegation to Bahrain: End violations of freedom of expression and human rights
- Debate on Bahrain: Shouting in the dark
- Bahrain upholds life sentence for prominent human rights defender
- Seminar on human rights in Bahrain
- Human rights defender Abdulhadi al-Khawaja receives life sentence in Bahrain
- Bahraini authorities are urged to give human rights defender fair trial
- Limited access for foreign journalists in Bahrain
- Storytelling with Soundslides in Bahrain
Seminar on human rights in Bahrain
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IMS and the Danish Institute for International Studies invite you to a seminar on the human rights situation in Bahrain
Inspired by the pro-democracy protests in other parts of the Arab world, demonstrators have filled Bahrain's streets for the past months and have been met with violent crackdowns by the Bahraini authorities.
Highlighting the seriousness of the Bahraini authorities' response to the demonstrations and concern for the situation of human rights in general in Bahrain, is the lifetime sentencing of prominent human rights defender and longtime IMS partner in the Arab Working Group, Abdulhadi Alkhawaja. Mr. Alkhawadi stands accused of plotting to overthrow the regime after he participated in demonstrations earlier this year and was arrested on 8 April. The appeal verdict in Alkhawaja's case is due on 28 September where he is facing a life sentence.
Nabeel Rajab, Director of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, in Copenhagen this week to appeal to the Danish government to support the case of Danish citizen Alkhawaja, will be speaking together with Maryam Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, daughter of the accused Abdulhadi Alkhawaja and deputy in the Bahraini human rights defender.
The seminar takes place at the Danish Institute for International Studies, Strandgade 71, 1401 Kbh. K. in Copenhagen from 13.00-15.00 on Thursday, 29 September. Participation is free, but registration is required.
Visit the Danish Institute for International Studies to register.
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