Europe MPs express concern about human rights in Bahrain

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have issued a letter urging Bahraini authorities to abide ...

Amnesty: Investigate cleric’s report of torture

Responding to the report of torture and other ill-treatment committed against Shi’a cleric Sheikh Zuhair Jasim Abbas, held in solitary confinement at Bahrain’s Jaw prison and denied ...

HRW: No Improvement in Rights Record

Bahraini authorities in 2020 escalated repression against online and social media activity and prosecuted critics for ...

Front Line Defenders: Bahrain is not a credible candidate for the Presidency of the UN Human Rights Council

The government of Bahrain has nominated Ambassador Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri as its candidate for the ...

Bahrain: The employment of the Covid-19 pandemic for religious persecution

Three human rights organizations, Salam for Democracy and Human Rights (Salam DHR), Bahrain Forum for ...

Amnesty: Human Rights In Bahrain

The authorities escalated their efforts to stifle freedom of expression, targeting in particular online forums, ...

GIDHR: The Bahraini Foreign Ministry is a partner in trying to polish authorities’ image

19 July 2020 – Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed in a statement released yesterday ...

GIDHR marks Nelson Mandela Day and urge Gulf authorities to release and honor their prisoners of conscience

The world celebrates on July 18 of every year the international day of the prominent ...

Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell on the decision of Bahrain’s Court of Cassation to uphold the death sentence against two men

“We are deeply concerned that Bahrain’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, has upheld the ...

Three human rights organizations welcome the statement of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on death sentences in Bahrain

Three Bahraini human rights organizations welcomed the statement issued on 14 July 2020 by the ...