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Manama, 10 February 2012

Ladies and gentlemen, members of international NGOs, authorities, and Media.

Best regards from Bahrain.

The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) would like to inform you to monitor the protests on the first anniversary of the revolution.

Ladies and gentlemen,

We would like to inform you that a group of activists, patriotic figures and youth are planning to launch a rally against the government in protest on violations of human rights in Bahrain. The rally will start at Manama district on February 11-14, 2012.

BYSHR believes that Riot police, National Guard and Army will target participants by using rubber bullets and tear-gas. They use such weapons intensively against children, women, youth, and seniors.

The Riot police, National Guard and Army have committed similar violations against participants in previous peaceful events calling for democracy, freedom, and justice in Bahrain.

Ladies and gentlemen,

BYSHR looks forward to your interest in following up the consequences of the rally on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. BYSHR calls upon you to move urgently to stop the expected acts of Riot police, National Guard and Army, including detention and torture.

Sincerely,

Mr. Mohammed Al-Maskati – President of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights
E-mail: info@byshr.org
Mobile: (+973)36437088

Judicial harassment and slander campaign orchestrated against several human rights defenders
February 24, 2009

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Bahrain.

New information:

The Observatory was informed by the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) about the judicial harassment and slander campaign orchestrated against Mr. Abbass Abdul Aziz Al-Omran, BCHR Administrative Board member, Mr. Abduljalil Alsingace, Head of the Human Rights Unit of the Haq Movement for Civil Liberties and Democracy in Bahrain, Mr. Hasan Mushaima, Secretary General of the Haq Movement of Civil Liberties and Democracy, Mr. Mohamed Habib Al-Meqdad, a Shia religious scholar, Mr. Abdul-redha Hassan Al-Saffar, a human rights defender well-known for his role in organising peaceful sit-ins in collaboration with the families of detainees and the Unemployed Committee, Mr. Ali Mushaima, a former leading member of the Unemployed Committee living in the United Kingdom as political refugee, and Mr. Abdulraoof Al-Shayeb, former President of the National Committee for Martyrs and Victims of Torture living in the United Kingdom as political refugee.

According to the information received, on February 23, 2009, the Grand Criminal Court in Manama started the trial of 35 people, including Messrs. Abbass Abdul Aziz Al-Omran, Abduljalil Alsingace, Hasan Mushaima, Mohamed Habib Al-Meqdad, Abdul-redha Hassan Al-Saffar, Ali Mushaima, and Abdulraoof Al-Shayeb, following the indictment No. 1403/2008 issued by the Public Prosecutor on February 10, 2009, and related to the alleged “terror plot” uncovered by the Bahraini authorities mid-December.

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URGENT APPEAL – THE OBSERVATORY

New information

BHR 001 / 0109 / OBS 003.1

Incomunicado detention /

Harassment

Bahrain
February 6, 2009

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Bahrain.

New information:

The Observatory was informed by reliable sources about the incommunicado detention of Mr. Abduljalil Alsingace, Head of the Human Rights Unit of the Haq Movement for Civil Liberties and Democracy in Bahrain, Mr. Hasan Mushaima, Secretary General of the Haq Movement of Civil Liberties and Democracy, and Mr. Mohamed Habib Al-Meqdad, a Shia religious scholar.

According to the information received, on January 26, 2009, Messrs. Abduljalil Alsingace, Hasan Mushaima and Mohamed Habib Al Meqdad were arrested by elements of the intelligence police and subsequently detained incommunicado. The former was released the following day from the Dry Dock detention centre while Messrs. Mushaima and Al Meqdad remain in solitary confinement, with no access to legal aid and without any explicit legal justification for their detention.

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JOINT URGENT APPEAL

Arrest of Human Rights Activists from their Residence
Reports of Wide Arrests and Excessive Use of Force by Special Security Forces

Friday 21st December, 2007

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) are highly concerned for the wellbeing of three activists. It is confirmed that today morning Friday the 21st of December, 2007, Special Security Forces (SSF) headed by security officers in civilian clothes have broken into the residences of the three activists arresting them and confiscating their information files and CD’s. The armed security officers did not permit the arrestees or the women residing in the houses to change their clothes. Until this moment their families could not get any information concerning their whereabouts. The three activists are:

1. Najji Ali Fateel, 32 years, active member of Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR)
2. Maytham Al-Tamar, 33 years, active member of the Unemployment Committee
3. Abdulla Mohsen, 27 years, Political Activist

Other activists have also reportedly been arrested, of them:
1. Osama Ahmed Rabea, 29 years, Political Activist
2. Mohammed Al-Singais, 35 years, Political Activist and Head of the Committee to Combat Inflation in Bahrain
3. Shaker Mohammed Al-Hamali, member of the Unemployment Committee

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President/ John Kufuor

President of Ghana and the African Union

The African Union

Addis Ababa – Ethiopia

August 2nd, 2007

Kindly accept our best regards,

Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR), located in Bahrain, and The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists (APHRA), located in Egypt, would like to praise your hard work to establish justice, democracy, and human rights principles all over Africa.

Dear President,

We – BYSHR and APHRA – write to you regarding the British security officer, Ian Henderson, who resides now in South Africa, a member country of the African Union. Mr. Henderson was the Head of General Intelligence Bureau in Bahrain during the period from 1966 to 2000.

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HIC Website

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Please, send your letters, emails, and/or faxes to the following list:

Ban ki-Moon
UN Secretary-General
UN Headquarters
UN Plaza

New York NY 10017, United States
E-mail: ecu@un.org, coi@un.org

H.E. Sir Emyr Jones Parry
President of the UN Security Council

Telephone : (1) 212 308 57 00
Fax : (1) 212 355 2763
E-mail : france-presse@un.int

Note: Do not forget to tell us what you did in support of the HIC

Manama, 28 June 2007

Ladies and gentlemen, members of international NGOs, authorities, and Media

Best regards from Bahrain.

Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) addresses this urgent letter to you about targeting and randomly suppressing a protest rally against Bahraini Prime Minister.

Ladies and gentlemen,
We would like to inform you that a group of activists and patriotic figures are planning to launch a rally against Bahraini Prime Minister, Sheikh Khalifa Ben Salman Al Khalifa in protest on granting him UN Human Development and Housing Award. The rally will start at Manama district and moves, then, to the UN building on June 30, 2007.

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