SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights said on Wednesday (February 20, 2019) that the number of citizens whose nationalities were revoked since 2012 reached almost 840 citizens.

Human rights organizations, activists and researchers called for radical change in international policies tackling human rights violations in Bahrain in an international conference held in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, entitled “Bahrain: 8 Years of Repression under International Silence”.

Salam for Democracy and Human Rights said that 762 citizens were stripped of their nationalities for political reasons since 2012.

The number of Bahraini citizens stripped of their nationalities is rapidly approaching to 800, as verdicts issued by Bahraini courts increase, using one of the harshest forms of punishment.

SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights revealed that 30 children in juvenile prison in the notorious Dry Dock Prison were poisoned on October 15.

Salam Organization for Democracy and Human Rights criticized Bahrain’s win of a seat in the highest United Nations human rights body, the Human Rights Council, despite the numerous violations the gulf island commits against its citizens.

International mechanisms have not done much to address deprivation of citizenship in Bahrain, said Davin Kenney, Amnesty International’s Gulf researcher.

SALAM Organization for Democracy and Human Rights announced that it had received complaints from prisoners of conscience held at Jaw Central Prison.

SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights documented 108 cases of torture, ill-treatment and denial of medical treatment by the security offices in Bahrain against political detainees and imprisoned human rights activists during June and July of 2018.

SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights launched a campaign and petition to stop Brazil from exporting tear gas to Bahrain.

SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights launched today, the 23rd of February 2018 "I am Bahraini” network in both Arabic and English versions. The website is allocated for supporting and defending Bahrainis whose citizenships were arbitrarily revoked due to political and identity backgrounds.

In a human rights conference that discussed a study about prison conditions in the Kingdom of Bahrain, human rights activists accused Bahrain’s Minister of Interior of personally supervising torture processes in Bahraini prisons.

Five NGOs have articulated a joint letter intended for UNHRC members regarding the pressing issues facing Bahrain.