Category Archives: General
Hamilton backs NI-CO over Bahrain 'torture' appeal
A call for the Stormont executive to suspend the work of a Belfast based company... more
Rights Groups Call for Bahrain Government to Take Action on Recommendations of UN Universal Periodic Review
On 22 September 2016, CIVICUS, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf... more
Activist's family departs Bahrain after earlier travel ban
The wife and child of a Bahraini activist flew out of the island nation Tuesday,... more
America should use its leverage with Bahrain
The Oct. 27 editorial “ ‘Is this the kind of ally America wants?’ ” highlighted the Obama... more
Hillary Clinton's Real Bahrain Scandal?
Describing a country as a “land of paradox” is a horrid cliché of foreign policy... more
Letter from Jailed Bahrain Activist Nabeel Rajab to US Congress Lantos Commission
Leading Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab is due a court verdict on Monday after... more
Bahrain opposition group appeals against dissolution
Bahrain’s main Shiite opposition group has appealed against a court ruling that it should be... more
Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary General Calls for Dealing with Society’s Dissolution as One of “Authorities’ Failures”
Deputy Secretary General of the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi called on the... more
The Obama administration rewards repression in Bahrain
Bahrain, the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom that hosts the U.S. 5th Fleet, used to perceive a... more
PM must raise death penalty with Bahrain King
Theresa May must raise concerns about the death penalty and torture when she meets the... more