Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Bahraini authorities to immediately release the human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja, deeming four of the sentences issued against her a violation of “her right to free expression” and another a result of “an unfair trial.”

Bahrain Mirror: Human Rights Watch demanded Bahraini authorities to immediately release opposition political leader Ebrahim Sharif who is facing a lengthy prison sentence solely for peaceful criticism of the government.

Bahrain Mirror: Human Rights Watch issued its World Report 2016 in which it highlighted that further evidence emerged in 2015 of torture and mistreatment of detainees, pointing to the ineffectiveness of institutions established since 2011 to safeguard detainees, and the persistent failure of authorities to hold officials accountable for torture and other serious rights violations.

Bahrain Mirror: The executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, said to the IBT (International Business Times) that “Fifa will sink even lower than its nadir under Blatter if it elects Salman.”

Bahrain Mirror: A Bahraini court sentenced on Monday (December 21, 2015) 5 protesters to life imprisonment after the Bahraini Interior Ministry accused them of manufacturing, possessing and using explosives, as well as attempting to detonate a bombing.

Bahrain Mirror: Human Rights Watch (HRW) Criticized the arbitrary travel ban imposed by the Bahraini authorities on the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab.

Bahrain Mirror: Human Rights Watch's Middle East researcher Nicholas McGeehan said: |Consider Bahrain, where just weeks ago, the UK organized briefings by senior British officials for foreign diplomats on the supposed success of Bahrain’s efforts to reform its security services.”

Bahrain Mirror: The detained leader of Bahraini opposition, Sheikh Ali Salman, welcomed the human rights report issued by Human Rights Watch calling on the “free world” to deal with Bahrain according to the facts mentioned in the report.

Bahrain Mirror: Parents of 9 detainees from Bilad Al-Qadeem said that they received calls from their sons on Thursday (November 26, 2015), stating that they were transferred to the Pre-Trial Detention Center in Dry Dock Prison and detained for a whole month.

Bahrain Mirror: Attorney General Ali Bin Fadhul Al-Buainain responded to the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on torture in Bahrain, particularly HRW criticism raised against the Special Investigation Unit (SIU)

Bahrain Mirror: National Human Rights Institution (NHRI), a Bahraini state organization, said that Human Rights Watch (HRW) report ignored the role and the effort exerted by the institution and the positive results that were achieved and that are linked to the improvement of the human rights situation.

Bahrain Mirror:Bahraini government says: "The recommendations presented by HRW regarding the call to stop the cooperation programs with the UK is worrying."

Bahrain Mirror: Human Rights Watch issued a report entitled “The Blood of People Who Don’t Cooperate: Continuing Torture and Mistreatment of Detainees in Bahrain”.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Minister of Information Affairs, Isa bin Abdulrahman Al-Hammadi, described a report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on torture of detainees in Bahrain as “misleading”.

Bahrain Mirror: Human Rights Watch (HRW) demanded the immediate release of the “unjustly imprisoned political opposition leaders Ibrahim Sharif and Sheikh Ali Salman”.

Bahrain Mirror: Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Bahraini authorities to immediately release the political activist Ebrahim Sharif, who was arrested on July 11, 2015, in connection with a speech in which he peacefully criticized the government and called for political reform.