In April 2017, two situations occured that prevented civil society from participating in human rights discussions in the context of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Bahrain scheduled for May 2017 in Geneva. The first incident took place ahead of the UPR Pre-session of Bahrain organised by UPR Info on 6 April 2016. A human rights and civil rights defender from Bahrain, Sayed Hadi Hasan Mohamed Al Musawi, was prevented from speaking at the Pre-session in Geneva. When he attempted to board a plane to Geneva at Manama airport on the morning of 5 April, he was informed that he would not be permitted to travel.
The other incident arose prior to the UPR of Bahrain, where 27 Bahraini individuals, including Nedal Al-Salma, Head of Women and Children Rights at the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, were summoned for questioning by the Bahraini Office for Public Prosecution and, while investigations were ongoing, were placed under a travel ban.
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