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Bahrain: Arbitrary Arrests Escalate

On: May 4, 2011

In: Bahrain, Criminal Justice, Detention without Trial, Free Expression, Freedom of Association, Middle East Uprising, Middle East/N. Africa, Peace and Justice, Police Brutality, Press release

Security forces arrested two former members of parliament from Bahrain’s largest opposition group. The arrests were the first targeting elected representatives of the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, which won t…Continue Reading

Bahrain: State of Fear Prevails With Arbitrary Detentions, Pre-Dawn Raids

On: April 7, 2011

In: Bahrain, detentions, Free Expression, Freedom of Association, Middle East Uprising, Middle East/N. Africa, Police Brutality, Press release, protests

Arbitrary detention appears rampant under Bahrain’s state of emergency, with numerous cases in which authorities have abused people they detained or stopped. Bahrain should account for everyone who has been detain…Continue Reading

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