Dublin: Public talk on Bahrain by human rights lawyer, Mohammed Al Tajir

‘FRONTLINE DEFENDERS’ TALK ON BAHRAIN, TONIGHT 27TH OF AUGUST IN DUBLIN
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Dublin: Public talk by human rights lawyer, Mohammed Al Tajir, on ongoing human rights violations in Bahrain
Human rights lawyer Mohamed Al-Tajir who provides legal assistance to human rights defenders and political activists targeted during the ongoing security clampdown in Bahrain to speak in Dublin – Monday 27 August 2012
Mohamed Al-Tajir has himself been the subject of threats and intimidation and was at one point held in incommunicado detention without access to family or lawyers for 5 weeks.
Mohamed Al Tajir will talk about how the Bahraini Government uses vaguely worded security legislation to target those who criticise the regime and call for reform and human rights.
Where: The Oak Room, The Mansion House Kildare St, Dublin 2
Who: the event is co-organised by the Bahrain Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence Organisation (BRAVO), Ceartas- Irish Lawyers for Human Rights and Front Line Defenders.
When: Monday 27 August 2012 6.00pm
Background
In February 2011, the Arab Spring spread to Bahrain. After nearly four weeks of massive pro-democracy demonstrations, the authorities launched a violent crackdown on the protesters.
Along with over twenty other lawyers, Mohammed Al-Tajir worked to assist those held in incommunicado detention during the crackdown. On 15 April 2011, Al-Tajir was himself arrested in front of his wife and children by a group of more than twenty-masked men and plain-clothes police officers.
Ceartas – Irish Lawyers for Human Rights is an independent organisation that seeks to promote and protect human rights internationally through the innovative use of law.
The Bahrain Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence Organisation (BRAVO) is an anti-violence NGO that works with the aim of achieving compliance and adherence to human rights principles, values, and standards in Bahrain.

‘FRONTLINE DEFENDERS’ TALK ON BAHRAIN, TONIGHT 27TH OF AUGUST IN DUBLIN
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Dublin: Public talk by human rights lawyer, Mohammed Al Tajir, on ongoing human rights violations in Bahrain
Human rights lawyer Mohamed Al-Tajir who provides legal assistance to human rights defenders and political activists targeted during the ongoing security clampdown in Bahrain to speak in Dublin – Monday 27 August 2012
Mohamed Al-Tajir has himself been the subject of threats and intimidation and was at one point held in incommunicado detention without access to family or lawyers for 5 weeks.
Mohamed Al Tajir will talk about how the Bahraini Government uses vaguely worded security legislation to target those who criticise the regime and call for reform and human rights.
Where: The Oak Room, The Mansion House Kildare St, Dublin 2
Who: the event is co-organised by the Bahrain Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence Organisation (BRAVO), Ceartas- Irish Lawyers for Human Rights and Front Line Defenders.
When: Monday 27 August 2012 6.00pm
Background
In February 2011, the Arab Spring spread to Bahrain. After nearly four weeks of massive pro-democracy demonstrations, the authorities launched a violent crackdown on the protesters.
Along with over twenty other lawyers, Mohammed Al-Tajir worked to assist those held in incommunicado detention during the crackdown. On 15 April 2011, Al-Tajir was himself arrested in front of his wife and children by a group of more than twenty-masked men and plain-clothes police officers.
Ceartas – Irish Lawyers for Human Rights is an independent organisation that seeks to promote and protect human rights internationally through the innovative use of law.
The Bahrain Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence Organisation (BRAVO) is an anti-violence NGO that works with the aim of achieving compliance and adherence to human rights principles, values, and standards in Bahrain.
Front Line Defenders is a Dublin based international organisation working for the security and protection of human rights defenders at risk , people who work, non-violently, for any or all of the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
ENDS
For further information please contact:
Gearóid Ó Cuinn, Co-director, Ceartas – Irish Lawyers for Human Rights, T:+353(0)860890819 – E: gocuinn@ceartaslaw.org
Jim Loughran, Front Line Defenders T +353 (0)87 9377586 E: jim@frontlinedefenders.org
[N.B – this is not an Irish Anti-War Movement organised event]