US embassy cable - 05MANAMA858

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BAHRAIN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS LOSES APPEAL CASE

Identifier: 05MANAMA858
Wikileaks: View 05MANAMA858 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Manama
Created: 2005-06-15 13:45:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PHUM PGOV KDEM BA
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

151345Z Jun 05
C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000858 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/15/2015 
TAGS: PHUM, PGOV, KDEM, BA 
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS LOSES APPEAL CASE 
 
REF: MANAMA 823 
 
Classified By: A/DCM Hallie Hahn for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
 1.  (C) The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) lost its 
appeal to re-open June 14.  The Center, which the GOB 
dissolved in September 2004, has the right to make one final 
appeal in the Court of Cassation.   BCHR members stated both 
publicly and privately that they probably would not register 
a case with the Court of Cassation as they believe the judges 
would be influenced by politics rather than the law.  BCHR 
President Nabeel Rajab told PolOff that he and other board 
members never expected the courts to side with the Center, 
but they were encouraged by Amnesty International to appeal 
anyway.  Rajab said the BCHR would continue its activities 
despite recent warnings from the GOB that it must cease all 
activities or risk prosecution (reftel). 
MONROE 

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