Category Archives: General
The Human Rights Council Should Act Now to Prevent Further Human Rights Violations in Bahrain
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council ... more
Lawyer Al-Tajer: If Government Remains Stubborn it Will Lead Bahrain to the Unknown
Lawyer and rights activist Mohammed al-Tajer said that the Bahraini authorities do not only treat... more
Letter From a Bahraini Jail
Riffa, Bahrain I write this from a Bahraini jail cell where I have been detained,... more
Bahrain: Systematic pattern of obstacles to freedom of movement against human rights defenders
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International... more
Coalition: Bahrain should free Nabeel Rajab immediately
Prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, who has been held behind bars in Bahrain for... more
Maitham Al-Salman: Bahraini Authorities’ Disregard of HRC Recommendations Goes against Bahrain’s Interests
Head of the Religious Freedoms Department at the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory, Sheikh Maitham Al-Salman,... more
Bahrain: End heightened crackdown on peaceful critics
The Bahraini authorities should halt immediately their heightened crackdown on peaceful critics and opponents, Amnesty... more
Bahrain gives 15-year jail sentence to two men connected with 2013 police bombing
The High Criminal Court in Bahrain has sentenced two Bahraini nationals to 15 years in... more
Bahrain: Alarming clampdown on the rights to freedom of expression, association, peaceful assembly and movement
Since May 2016 Bahrain has seen an alarming intensification in the crackdown on the enjoyment... more
Enforced Disappearance: A Persistent Violation in Bahrain
On the occasion of the International Day of the Disappeared, held annually on 30 August,... more