Comments on: A Conversation with Bahraini Human Rights Defender Saidyousif al-Mahafdha http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2012/08/15/a-conversation-with-bahraini-human-rights-defender-said-yousif/ Human Rights First builds respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure the dignity to which everyone is entitled and to stem intolerance, tyranny, and violence. Wed, 15 May 2013 16:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jimk Loughran http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2012/08/15/a-conversation-with-bahraini-human-rights-defender-said-yousif/#comment-178530 Jimk Loughran Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:00:15 +0000 http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/?p=20433#comment-178530 This conversation with Yousif reminds us of why the work of human rights defenders is so important. What makes the difference is the relentless purssuit of the truth, the documentation of human rights abuses which enable us in human rights organisations to speak out against oppression. Without the work of brave people like Yousif in Bahrain,and in many other countries around the world,we would be powerless - we salute his courage Jim Loughran Front Line Defenders Dublin This conversation with Yousif reminds us of why the work of human rights defenders is so important. What makes the difference is the relentless purssuit of the truth, the documentation of human rights abuses which enable us in human rights organisations to speak out against oppression.

Without the work of brave people like Yousif in Bahrain,and in many other countries around the world,we would be powerless – we salute his courage

Jim Loughran

Front Line Defenders
Dublin

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