Left Photo by Nicholas Kristof December 11, 2011: "This woman says her #Bahrain husband was fired by Formula 1 just for “liking” a protest photo on Facebook."

arabianbusiness.com, Sunday 8 January 2012

Human rights groups have urged Formula One teams to consider boycotting the Bahrain Grand Prix in April amid continued political unrest in the Gulf kingdom.

Bahrain’s season-opening race at Sakhir circuit was postponed last March after widespread political unrest in the country and the deaths of a number of pro-reform demonstrators.

September 14, 2011

On learning of the crackdown against Bahraini teachers and university students, reported on the Bahrain Center for Human Rights website on September 13, the Trustees of The Silbury Fund, a UK registered charity, meeting at the House of Commons on September 13, awarded Mr Nabeel Rajab, President of the Center, the Silbury Prize of £1,000.

To the left archived photo and to the right recent photo of the attack on Nabeel's house

March 20, 2011

(Reuters) - Bahraini security forces briefly detained the outspoken head of the country's main human rights group on Sunday, days after a crackdown that drove mainly Shi'ite protesters off the streets.

"At around 1:30 a.m., around 25 thugs wearing civilian clothes came inside the house and were running from room to room, while around 20 more in security forces' uniforms waited outside," Nabeel Rajab told Reuters by telephone.

Mr. Yousif Almuhafdah receiving the honorary award from Mr. Alesbehi with Mr. Fateh Azzam, High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Arab region in the middle.

At the end of the program “Assemblage of Arab Journalists for Defending Human Rights”, Mr. EzzAldin Alasbahi, president of the Information Center for Rehabilitation and Human Rights, honored the well-known Bahraini blogger and active member of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Sayed Yousif Almuhafdah, founder of the “Say no to silencing” blog. Almuhafdah participated in the program that the Information Center for Rehabilitation and Human Rights held in Beirut, with the participation of a committee of 5 specialists in human rights from the Arab world.

Political and human rights activists discussed the recent attacks by the Government of Bahrain on public liberties, the arrest of human rights activists, the resumption of torture at an unprecedented scale and the implementation of genocidal policies.

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Bahrain press conference 11.00 Tuesday September 7, 10.30 at Abbey Gardens

Quick Links:
- LORD AVEBURY Introductory remarks
- SAEED SHEHABI: Bahrain Freedom Movement
- MARYAM AL KHAWAJA, Bahrain Center for Human Rights
- PETER WEATHERBY, Bar Human Rights Committee
- HANEEFA SARWAR, Islamic Human Rights Commission

LORD AVEBURY, Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Group:

We’re holding this press conference to highlight the sharp deterioration in human rights that has occurred in recent weeks on Bahrain, and particularly the torture being inflicted on detainees when they are held incommunicado for 15 days before they are allowed to see a lawyer. Some have then managed to speak about their treatment and it appears that most of the estimated 200 detainees are being subjected to torture and inhuman and degrading treatment.

In a the FIDH International Board meeting which was held in Paris from 9 through 11 July, 2010, it was decided to appoint the President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab, in the position of Deputy Secretary General and as the permanent representative of the International Federation for Human Rights in the GCC countries.

Bahrain Center for Human Rights has hosted a dinner in honor of the staff of the Middle East and North Africa division of the Human Rights Watch.

Injuries and Victims among them Children
The Special Forces Excessively Use Live Ammunition to Suppress the Demonstrators

7 December 2009

As a regional organisation comprised of some 34 members from 17 countries, Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility Asia (CARAM Asia) remains astonished by the recent accusations of Gulf News Daily and Akhbar Al-Khaleej and their malicious and unfounded attacks levelled at our newly elected Chair Nabeel Rajab, the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and by extension CARAM Asia.

21 Jun 2009
By Andrew Hammond
DUBAI, June 21 (Reuters) - Majority Shi'ite Muslims in the Gulf Arab state of Bahrain, home to a U.S. navy base, are increasingly agitated over what they say are government efforts to give Sunni foreigners nationality to dilute Shi'ite numbers.