In urging Bahraini authorities to provide due process and reinstatement to academic Masaud Jahromi, CCS relied on the Dec. 10, 2011 report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry. In addition to many other findings of violations of human rights by the Government in connection with recent protests, the Commission cited violations of free speech at Bahrain's Universities. ... Continue Reading>>
Reinstate Bahraini Academic, CCS Urges University
Dr. Masaud Jahromi, who has been accused of "participation in an unauthorized rally," should not be suspended from his position at Ahlia University pending his trial, CCS said in a letter to the President of Ahlia University in Manama. ... Continue Reading>>
Professor Masaud Jahromi Arrested in Bahrain
CCS wrote a letter to the King of Bahrain protesting the arrest of Professor Masaud Jahromi, Chairman of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Ahlia University. Read the letter: ... Continue Reading>>
Health Professionals in Bahrain: Arrested and Disappeared
CCS wrote to the Prime Minister of Bahrain to protest the treatment of health professionals in Bahrain. Following their ethical duty to treat protesters, nurses and doctors have been arrested and disappeared. ... Continue Reading>>
Professor Abdul Jail Al-Singace Re-arrested in Bahrain
After welcoming Dr. Al-Singace's release from jail earlier in March, in response to protests, CCS wrote again to express our deep disappointment in learning of his re-arrest only days later, especially in view of his poor health. Here is the text of our letter: ... Continue Reading>>
Bahraini mechanical engineer arrested
Professor Abdul Jail Al-Singace, a scholar of mechanical engineering at the University of Bahrain and Director of the Human Rights Bureau of the Haq Movement for Civil Liberties and Democracy, an opposition political movement, was arrested on August 13, 2010 at Bahrain International Airport, upon his return from the United Kingdom, and taken to an undisclosed location. This followed his address on ... Continue Reading>>