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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

Algeria: End Public Assembly Ban in Algiers

On: March 20, 2011

In: Algeria, Free Expression, Middle East Uprising, Middle East/N. Africa, Press Freedom, Press release, protests

(Washington, DC) – The Algerian authorities should rescind a 2001 decree denying people the right to assemble peacefully, Human Rights Watch said today.
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