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Freedom House Welcomes Aid Conditions on Egypt and Bahrain

May 25 2012 - 3:00pm

Freedom House welcomes the Senate Appropriations Committee's decision to restrict funding for Egypt and Bahrain if the countries continue to commit human rights abuses.

Issues:

Civil Society, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Defense, Media Freedom, U.S. Foreign Policy

Regions:

Middle East and North Africa

Joint Letters

One hundred organisations call to end assault on freedom of speech, and to free all detained human rights defenders and netizens

May 21 2012 - 6:09pm

The following is a letter calling on the Bahrain Royal Family to release jailed human rights defenders and netizens, including the founder and president of IFEX member Bahrain Centre for Human Rights. The signing organisations further call on the UN Human Rights Council, the European Parliament, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and all concerned governments to exert their influence on the ruling family to stop violating human rights in Bahrain:

Issues:

Human Rights Defense

Regions:

Middle East and North Africa

Freedom Alert

Freedom House Opposes Sale of Arms to Bahraini Government

May 14 2012 - 3:45pm

Freedom House opposes the Obama Administration’s decision to resume the sale of arms to government of Bahrain and calls on Congress to withhold approval on the transfer until the Bahraini government ends systematic rights abuses, allows unfettered access to media and international observers, and implements meaningful political reform.

Issues:

Human Rights Defense, U.S. Foreign Policy

Regions:

Middle East and North Africa

Freedom Alert

Bahrain Must Release Activist Nabeel Rajab

May 7 2012 - 1:59pm

Freedom House calls for the release of Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab who was arrested May 5 upon his return to Manama, Bahrain from Beirut, Lebanon. Rajab, head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and the director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights, was detained on previous charges of ‘inciting illegal rallies and marches online’ using social networking websites and posting ‘defamatory’ depictions of security forces.

Issues:

Civil Society, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Defense, Internet Freedom, Rule of Law

Regions:

Middle East and North Africa

Experts

Courtney C. Radsch

Senior Program Manager for the Global Freedom of Expression Campaign

Issues:

Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Media Freedom, Religious Freedom, United Nations

Regions:

Middle East and North Africa

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Special Reports

Evaluation of 2008-2011 UN Human Rights Council Candidates

On May 21, 2008, the UN General Assembly will elect 15 new Human Rights Council members. Twenty countries are candidates. Freedom House and UN Watch evaluated each candidate’s suitability for election to the Human Rights Council by examining its record of human rights protection at home and its record of human rights promotion at the UN.

Issues:

Human Rights Defense, United Nations

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