Category Archives: Freedom of assembly
Germany: Federal Foreign Office on the dissolution of the Bahraini opposition party Al Wefaq
Today (18 July), a Federal Foreign Office spokesperson issued the following statement on the most recent... more
UNHRC: Press briefing notes on Turkey, Israel and Bahrain
We deeply regret the decision by a Bahraini court on Sunday to dissolve Al Wefaq,... more
France: Bahrain – Dissolution of al-Wefaq (July 17, 2016)
France deplores the decision of Bahrain’s Supreme Administrative Court to order, on July 17, that... more
Foreign Secretary statement on the dissolution of Al Wefaq in Bahrain
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said: I am deeply concerned by the decision of the Bahraini... more
Bahrain: UN chief condemns dissolution of Al-Wefaq political party
18 July 2016 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today deplores the dissolution of the main opposition... more
What Today’s Abolition of Bahraini Opposition Group Means for the Kingdom and the United States
Today a Bahraini court dissolved the country’s largest opposition group. The move is a sledgehammer in the face of... more
Return of Electronic Witch Hunt in Bahrain Leads to Arrest of Ali Abdulraheem
14 July 2016 – The Government of Bahrain is targeting public sector employees found in... more
Duraz: A Community Under Siege
12 July 2016 – On 20 June, Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior revoked the nationality of... more
Further Security measures and arrests to control protests as crackdown on activism is heightened in Bahrain
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) condemns the Bahraini authorities’ continued crackdown on peaceful... more
Fundamentalism’s impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
In recent years, there has been a perceived rise in the expression of fundamentalism in... more