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BFHR: 11 Female Bahraini Detainees under Government’s Political Retaliation Targets
2017-07-12
Bahrain Forum for Human Rights said that there are 11 female Bahraini detainees from 9 villages arrested over political motives and charges related to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Some of the detainees were subjected to torture and ill-treatment during their interrogating sessions. The Forum indicated that the Bahraini authorities have put the Bahraini woman among the political retaliation targets and that more than 340 Bahraini women were subjected to arbitrary arrest over political background since 2011.
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BFHR: Serious Concerns over Ayatollah Qassim’s Situation since Imposed House Arrest on May 23
2017-06-04
Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said in a statement that security authorities have imposed an undeclared house arrest against Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, since the violent armed raid on the Diraz protest on May 23, 2017.
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BFHR Issues Its Annual Report: Violations became More Systematic, 2389 Violations Documented in 2016
2017-04-16
Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that it documented 2389 violations in 2016. In its annual report entitled “Bahrain…The Map of Persecution: Undermining Civil Society”, BFHR said that the number of human rights violations in Bahrain has increased more than ever and in a more systematic manner.
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BFHR Holds 6th Conference, Calls on UNHRC to Issue Binding Recommendations on Bahrain
2017-02-23
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) held (Wednesday February 22, 2017) its sixth conference under the title “The International Community and Challenges of human rights reform in Bahrain”, in presence of representatives from Bahraini, Arab and international human rights organizations.
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BFHR: Verdict Issued against Journalist Faisal Hayyat Reflects Deterioration in Press Freedoms
2016-12-01
Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that 3-month jail term issued against Bahraini journalist Faisal Hayyat over a tweet he published his Twitter account “reflects deterioration in press freedoms”.
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Bahrain Forum Files Urgent Complaint to UN Over Arbitrary Disappearance of Citizen Exceeds 18 Days
2016-11-12
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights said it filed an urgent complain to the team responsible for arbitrary detentions at the Human Rights Commission's office to highlight the mystery in the fate of Bahraini citizen Sayed Alawi Hussein Alawi who has been in disappearance for [over] 18 days.
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Bahrain Forum: Bahraini Authorities Create Vexatious Lawsuits Against Activists to Justify Travel Ban
2016-11-11
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights said that the Bahraini authorities recently started creating “vexatious lawsuits against a group of politicians and rights activists to justify the travel ban against them before the international public opinion”.
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Public Prosecution Raises Assembly Charge against Activists Banned from Traveling
2016-11-10
Bahrain’s Public Prosecution interrogated on Thursday (November 10, 2016) a number of activists who are banned from traveling and raised assembly charge against some of them.
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“Bahrain Forum” Condemns Constant Prevention of Shiites Performing Friday Prayers
2016-11-05
Bahrain Forum for Human Rights said that the constant official prevention imposed by Bahraini authorities against the Shiite citizens’ right to perform their Friday prayer rituals.
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Five Bahraini HR Groups Send Joint Letter Telling UN Human Rights Council to Take Meaningful Action against Bahrain
2016-08-30
Five NGOs have articulated a joint letter intended for UNHRC members regarding the pressing issues facing Bahrain.
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BFHR: 8 Arrests, 14 House Raids in 3rd Week of May
2016-05-21
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that the Bahraini authorities arbitrarily sentenced 38 citizens, including 3 children, to a total of 231 years and 6 months in prison during the third week of May, 2016.
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Bahraini Stripped of Nationality Jahromi Gives Statement at "Rights Under Restrictions" Conference
2016-03-31
During the "Rights Under Restrictions" conference, Bahraini academic Dr. Masoud Jahromi recounted his experience as a Bahraini citizen who has been stripped of his nationality and forced to leave the country.
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WCADP in "Rights Under Restrictions": Situation in Bahrain Is Very Worrying...We Expect Number of People on Death Row to Increase
2016-03-31
The Director of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty-France (WCADP), O'Reilly Plessis, said that "although there hasn't been many executions in the past few years, we expect the number of people to grow in the coming years."
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FIDH Takes Part in "Rights Under Restrictions" Conference: Bahrain Manipulates Judiciary to Crack down on Those who Practice their Rights
2016-03-31
Antoine Madelin of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said that investigations revealed that the authorities in Bahrain still deprive the majority of Bahrainis of their rights and use government bodies to crush Bahrainis instead of protecting them, which spreads fear and panic among citizens.
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UN OHCHR in "Rights Under Restrictions" Conference: Deporting Bahrainis after Revoking their Citizenships Raises Concern
2016-03-31
The representative of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Darwazeh, highlighted that what raises the most concern are the decisions issued deporting Bahraini citizens after stripping them of their political and civil rights.
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Yusuf Rabi' Opens "Rights Under Restrictions" Conference: Bahrain's Judiciary Is a Tool Used by Authorities
2016-03-31
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) opened its fifth international conference on Tuesday (April 29, 2016), entitled "Bahrain: Rights Under Restrictions-Freedom of Expression Peaceful Assembly and Right of Citizenship" at the Coral Beach Hotel in the Lebanese Capital, Beirut.
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BFHR’s New Book Documents 49 Cases of Killed Children & Fetuses
2016-01-28
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) published a special book documenting how 49 Bahraini children and fetuses lost their right to live by deliberate or extrajudicial killings practiced by the Bahraini authorities.
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BFHR: Depriving Al-Wefaq Secretary-General from Calls & Visits Belittlement of Prisoners' Rights
2016-01-23
Bahrain Mirror: The President of the Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) Yusuf Rabie said that the Bahraini authorities' decision preventing the Secretary-General of Bahrain's main opposition group Al-Wefaq from having contact with the outside world is considered a belittlement of prisoners' rights.
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BFHR Issues New Report: Repression by Law
2016-01-16
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) president Yusuf Rabie stated that the Bahraini authorities employ laws to be a suppressing tool against the regime’s opponents. The law now has the same power of repression as the birdshot firearm “the shotgun”.
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BFHR: National Human Rights Institution Shouldn’t be Partner in Torture
2015-11-27
Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) said that the NHRI was supposed to take initiative in following up the details of violations documented by the HRW report and be independent in its decision making. It shouldn’t be a partner in the practice of impunity.”