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Reports of violent break up of demonstrations in Bahrain

Reports are coming in of the police and security forces in Bahrain using violence to break up demonstrations. Unconfirmed reports suggest that life fire ammunition may have been used with some civilian casualties.

Footage of the police braking up has just been posted but hard to tell if the explosions are from noise grenades or live ammunition footage of Bahrain demonstrations

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Reports of violent break up of demonstrations in Bahrain

Reports are coming in of the police and security forces in Bahrain using violence to break up demonstrations. Unconfirmed reports suggest that life fire ammunition may have been used with some civilian casualties.

Footage of the police braking up has just been posted but hard to tell if the explosions are from noise grenades or live ammunition footage of Bahrain demonstrations

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Western Sahara: Refusal to renew passports of Sahrawi human rights defenders, Ms El Ghalia Djimi and Mr Mustafa Al-Dahposted on: 2010/01/25

The Moroccan authorities have refused to renew the passports of human rights defenders Ms El Ghalia Djimi and Mr Mustafa Al-Dah and return the passports to them, on 23 January 2010. El Ghalia Djimi is the vice-president of the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Violations of Human Rights (ASVDH), a human rights organisation based in Western Sahara which monitors and documents human rights abuses, and campaigns for an end to impunity. Mustafa Al-Dah is a member of the coordinating council of the same organisation. Front Line previously sent an appeal in relation to El Ghalia Djimi on 31 October 2007.