25 de mayo de 2014, 12:04Manama, 25 May (Prensa Latina) A proposal by King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa to set up an Arab Court for Human Rights is set to make a huge leap forward on Sunday as Bahrain hosts an international conference to discuss the establishment of the court. The two-day conference, co-organised by the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), the Arab League, the Arab Parliament, the Arabic Network for Human Rights and Qatar  National Committee for Human Rights and NIHR Read more [...]

Click to view (5 Photos) MANAMA, Bahrain — A prominent human rights activist in Bahrain was released from prison on Saturday after spending nearly two years behind bars. Nabeel Rajab, who heads the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, was sentenced to three years in 2012 on charges of encouraging "illegal gatherings" tied to anti-government protests in the country. An appeals court later reduced his term by a year. After his release from prison, Rajab was greeted by Read more [...]

Bahrain released one of the Arab world's best-known activists on Saturday after he served a two-year jail sentence for his role in pro-democracy protests in the U.S.-allied kingdom, his son said and his lawyer said. Nabeel Rajab, founder of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, was found guilty in August 2012 of organising and participating in illegal protests to push for reforms in the Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom. "I have been told by his lawyers that my father has been released," his son Read more [...]