Category Archives: General

The 27th UPR Session in Geneva on Bahrain’s Human Rights Record

Report about the The 27th UPR Session in Geneva on Bahrain’s Human Rights Record. In... more

Taking out the trash: UK foreign office report heaps praise on Bahrain

Index on Censorship welcomes UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson’s interest in human rights. The UK... more

How the assault on independent media in Bahrain silenced a trusted regional watchdog

Last month in Bahrain, one of the Gulf region’s few truly independent media outlets, Al... more

RSF calls for Bahraini journalist’s conviction to be overturned

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Bahraini authorities to overturn journalist Nazeeha Saeed’s conviction on... more

The Middle East needs 'more independent media, not less'

The Bahraini government recently shuttered the country’s only independent newspaper. Exiled journalist Nazeeha Saeed writes... more

Bahrain authorities must rescind decision to close only independent newspaper Al-Wasat and cease all-out campaign to end independent reporting

Amnesty International calls on the Bahraini authorities to rescind their arbitrary decision to close the... more

In Bahrain, Human Rights Situation Deteriorating

Although Bahrain’s 2011 uprising, which saw Shiites targeted and protesters violently silenced, seems a long... more

Overview of the human rights violations in Bahrain: Jan-June 2017

The first six months of 2017 have seen increasing instances of intimidation and reprisals against... more

Bahrain is stripping dissidents of their citizenship, and the U.S. is silent

The tiny island kingdom of Bahrain is increasingly turning to a particularly draconian tool of... more

Ending reprisals against those who cooperate with the United Nations in the field of human rights

In April 2017, two situations occured that prevented civil society from participating in human rights... more