Category Archives: General
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
Statement of Solidarity in Support of MENA HRDs for IFEX25
We, the human rights defenders in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), along with... more
التعذيب في البحرين: سلوك دولة و سياسة ممنهجة- في اليوم العالمي لمساندة ضحايا التعذيب: منظمات حقوقية بحرينية تطالب بإنهاء التعذيب و محاسبة "الجلادين"
قدمة في اليوم العالمي لمساندة ضحايا التعذيب، تعبّر المنظمات الحقوقية المشاركة في هذا التقرير عن... more
U.N. Experts Warn Repression in Bahrain Will Breed Unrest
GENEVA — A crackdown on human rights in Bahrain, including a resumption of executions and... more
Bahrain: Only Independent Newspaper Shut Down
(Beirut) – Bahraini authorities on June 4, 2017, ordered the immediate indefinite suspension of... more
Bahrain must end worsening human rights clampdown, UN experts say
GENEVA (16 June 2017) – A group of United Nations human rights experts has urged... more
Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab’s son talks to Index about his father’s “unbreakable” spirit
On Tuesday, one of two trials against the Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who... more
Bahrain heading for ‘total suppression’ of human rights as secular opposition group banned
Bahrain’s dissolution of a major political opposition society is the latest troubling move in its... more