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WAN-IFRA has joined international media and human rights organisations in condemning on-going attacks on journalists in Bahrain. On 23 April, the court of appeals will hold another hearing for Sayed Ahmed Salman al-Mousawi, an internationally-renowned photographer, who was arrested more than three years ago for alleged terrorist activities.

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Andrew Heslop

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2017-04-20 18:20

47 human rights organizations have signed a letter asking King Hamad to immediately and unconditionally release imprisoned journalist Faisal Hayyat, and to cease the judicial harassment of all journalists in Bahrain.

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WAN-IFRA

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2016-11-29 11:57

Inspired by events in Tunisia and Egypt, the people of Bahrain took to the streets on 14 February, 2011 demanding change. More than a year after protests began on Pearl Roundabout, the epicentre of the Bahraini revolution, many argue that little has changed for the better. For the press, this sentiment is echoed most acutely.

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Farah Wael

Date

2014-04-07 11:11

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Farah Wael

Date

2012-05-24 16:28

The Arab World "celebrated" World Press Freedom Day by cracking down on journalists in Egypt, killing a citizen journalist in Syria, passing a repressive law in Libya, fining a TV station owner in Tunisia and detaining a Human Rights activist in Bahrain.

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Farah Wael

Date

2012-05-23 17:05

اعتقلت السلطات البحرينية المدونة و الناشطة  زينب الخواجة خلال احتجاجها على حبس والدهاالناشط الحقوقي المعروف عبد الهادي الخواجة.

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Farah Wael

Date

2012-04-06 14:26

Bahraini activist and blogger Zainab Al-Khawaja was arrested last night while protesting the detention of her father, prominent human rights defender Abdul Hadi Al-Khawaja.

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Farah Wael

Date

2012-04-06 11:02

لقى المصور الصحفي البحريني احمد اسماعيل حسن الصمدي مصرعه مطلع هذا الاسبوع خلال تغطيته للاحتجاجات في بلدة سلماباد، جنوب غرب العاصمة البحرينية المنامة.

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Farah Wael

Date

2012-04-05 15:39

Bahraini videographer and citizen journalist Ahmed Ismail Hassan Al Samadi died earlier this week after being shot while covering a protest in the village of Salmabad, southwest of Manama.

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Farah Wael

Date

2012-04-05 14:03

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