Front Line Defenders raises concerns over the new charges Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja is facing

Front Line Defenders is deeply concerned by recent reports of renewed judicial harassment of leading ...

Amnesty: Bahrain’s upcoming elections held amidst political repression, rights violations

Bahrain’s parliamentary elections, due to take place on 12 November, are being held in an ...

Human Rights Council: Calls to Respect Shiites’ Rights, Release Detainees in Bahrain

Human Rights Council member states have called on Bahrain to respect the religious freedoms of ...

AP: Bahrain’s Shiites hope pope raises human rights during visit

Pope Francis is making the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain this week, sparking calls from ...

Pope Francis Should Condemn Bahrain Rights Record

Pope Francis should press Bahrain to end its human rights abuses when he visits the country from ...

HRW: “The Court is Satisfied with the Confession”

  In a February 2019 letter to the United Nations Office in Geneva, the government ...

Bahrain pulls out of U.N. human rights body election after criticism

  Bahrain will no longer run in an election to the U.N.’s top human rights ...

Two Bahraini Journalists Banned from Entering the UAE

  The UAE security authorities prevented Bahraini journalists Wafa Al-Aamm and Nazeeha Saeed from entering ...

Sheikh Al-Meqdad was insulted by security forces

  In an audio recording, Sheikh Abduljalil Al-Meqdad revealed that he had been subjected to ...

Amnesty warns FIFA over potential 2030 World Cup bid by Saudi Arabia

  Staging the 2030 men’s World Cup in Saudi Arabia would be “virtually impossible” if FIFA correctly applies its ...