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Bahrain Recruits More Pakistanis, Pakistani Journalist Reminds with Deporting His Country Men for Demanding their Rights
2019-08-26
Pakistani journalist Fahad Desmukh said that a Bahraini military delegation is recruiting more Pakistanis to crush the democracy-seeking movement.
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A Letter from Bahrain’s Top Students to Dr. Koumbou Boly, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education
2019-08-25
On January 24, Bahrain Mirror published a report directed at UNESCO entitled "The scary numbers UNESCO should address on International Day of Education". The report talked about the discrimination practiced with regards to educational scholarships in Bahrain. Unfortunately, the tragedy is being repeated now.
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Mohammad Sultan: Empty Stomachs and a King Leading Us to the Abyss
2019-08-24
Hundreds of prisoners of conscience in Bahrain have launched a hunger strike since August 18, 2019, protesting against the inhumane treatment which violates the most basic international standards for the treatment of prisoners.
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Activists Condemn "Toxic" Security Relationship between Bahrain and Britain
2019-08-16
An Arab Spring activist has slammed Britain's "toxic" security relationship with Bahrain after it emerged that the head of the Gulf dictatorship's military has been attending high-level talks in London.
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Beirut Hosts Tomorrow Conference for Salam on Political Executions in Bahrain
2019-07-29
Beirut hosts tomorrow a conference for Salam for Democracy and Human Rights entitled "Political Executions in Bahrain".
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Lord Ahmad Expresses Deep Concern over Execution of 3 Men in Bahrain
2019-07-29
The Minister of State for Human Rights Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon expressed deep concern and regret that these executions were carried out in Bahrain.
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EU Opposes Recent Executions, Calls on Bahrain to Abolish Death Penalty
2019-07-29
The European Union spokesperson said in a statement that "the executions took place [in Bahrain] despite reported concerns that the convictions were based on confessions extracted under torture."
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Al-Wefaq: Execution of Death Sentences Proves Testimonies of Al-Qaeda Members on Regime's Involvement with Dissidents Assassination
2019-07-27
The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society condemned in a statement it issued today the executions of two innocent citizens, Ali Al-Arab and Ahmad Al-Malali, who were tortured to say confessions.
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Bahrain Executes Three People, despite Human Rights Outcry: The Guardian
2019-07-27
Bahrain has executed three people convicted in two separate cases, one a case of "terrorism" and killing a police officer, and the second related to the killing of a mosque imam.
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AP: Bahrain Executes 2 in Terrorism Case Decried by Activists
2019-07-27
Bahrain has executed two men convicted in a mass terrorism trial that activists have decried and that U.N. human rights experts had expressed concerns over.
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UN Expert Urges Bahrain to Halt Executions of Al-Arab and Al-Malali amid Torture Allegations
2019-07-27
A UN human rights expert said Bahrain must halt the reportedly imminent execution of two men who were sentenced to death on the basis of confessions allegedly obtained through torture, and after trials which appear not to have fulfilled guarantees of fairness and due process.
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US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Calls to Stop Arms Sale to Bahrain due to HR Violations
2019-07-26
US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar called on the US government to stop arms sale to Bahrain due to human rights violations.
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Learn about Reality of Situation in Bahrain with Human Rights Forum Numbers
2019-07-24
In a press conference held in Beirut, the president of the Bahrain Human Rights Forum, Baqir Darwish, presented the annual report of the Forum for 2018 with a number of documented figures on the forms of violations practiced against Bahrainis.
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A Letter to Judges I Don’t Know: Release My Mother Fatima Al-Nasif
2019-07-16
I want to send a humane appeal to the judiciary in Riyadh. My name is Shahed and I am 15 years old. I haven’t heard the voice of my mother, Fatima Al-Nasif, for over 10 days. I heard from her prison inmates that she was taken to trial in Riyadh last week. We were waiting for her return to the General Investigations Directorate prison in Dammam. Yesterday (Monday) was our weekly phone call date. We waited for a call from her to tell us any information about her trial, but we didn’t receive any heartwarming news.
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“Religious Persecution in Bahrain” Conference Held Today in Beirut
2019-07-15
Bahrain Interfaith Center organized a conference on "Religious Persecution in Bahrain" that was held in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, to highlight the severe deterioration of religious freedoms witnessed in Bahrain and the abuses that Bahrainis are subjected to in particular.
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BFHR: NIHR Lying about Condition of Detainee Hussein Khamis
2019-07-13
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that the National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) is lying about what it said regarding addressing the case of torture victim Hussein Ali Khamis in its statement yesterday.
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Court Sentences 4 Children from Diraz to 3 Years in Jail
2019-07-11
A court issued on Thursday (July 11, 2019) 3-year jail verdict against 4 children from Diraz over political charges.
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Human Rights Groups: Bahrain Cycling Team Participation in France Race is a Front to Whitewash Bahrain’s Image
2019-07-10
Bahrain Cycling Team (Bahrain-Merida) has denied allegations that its participation in the Tour de France aims to polish the image of Bahrain in the world through sport, claiming that they are ill-targeted and illogical because the team is completely distinct and separate from the Bahraini government..
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Prisoner of Conscience Yousef Al-Dairy: Between the Pain of Illness Ravaging his Bones and his Little Son’s Distance
2019-07-07
What can Yousef A-Dairy do when two pains have taken over his life, each pain greater than the other; a pain in the body and an ache in the heart.
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Amnesty Condemns Targeting Former MP Osama Al-Tamimi, Calls on UK to Interfere
2019-07-04
Amnesty International condemned in a statement the continuing government harassment of former Bahraini Member of Parliament Osama Muhana Al-Tamimi. The actions against Al-Tamimi come in a climate of escalated state intimidation aiming to quash free expression.