Bahrain

A civil committee in Bahrain published a response to the statement of the National Institution for Human Rights regarding the events of Building 12 and 13 in Jaw Central Prison, after the institution held prisoners responsible for what happened in…

A number of women protested in front of the gate of Jaw Central Prison in Bahrain, to demand clarification of the fate of detainees who were severely beaten by prison guards.Bahraini security forces had beaten detainees who were protesting against…

The Bahrain Press Association welcomed “the release of some political prisoners sentenced in Bahrain under the Alternative Penal Code,” and called on the authorities to drop the death penalty.The Association said in tweets on Twitter, that it “encourages more positive…

The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) revealed that the Bahraini authorities have arrested family members of prominent political prisoners in Bahrain because of their participation in a peaceful demonstration…

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights issued a statement following the death of detainee Abbas Hassan Mal Allah in the Jaw Central Prison building.The Center stated that Mal Allah is the 48th detainee after 47 political prisoners have died in…

The family of the prisoner, Abbas Mal Allah, announced that Abbas was martyred in Jaw Prison after his health condition deteriorated and he was transferred to a hospital after suffering from a shotgun fire.The family of the martyr reported that…

The Bahraini activist, Muhammad al-Saleh, affirmed that the suffering of prisoners in Bahrain did not begin today. Rather, the Bahraini regime’s prisons have been the site of epidemics and chronic diseases since the start of the revolution.Al-Saleh said in a…

The ruling regime in Bahrain continues a policy of systematic torture of activists and detained children.Activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh reported on her Instagram account that the detainee Youssef Hassan Al-Dairi was severely beaten for his solidarity with Sheikh Zuhair Al-Ashour, who…

Rights groups confirmed that Bahraini security forces beat children and threatened them with rape and electrocution after arresting them in cases related to the protest commemorating the “2011 uprising”.In a joint statement, Human Rights Watch and the London-based Bahrain Institute…

Human rights organizations called on the US administration to address the tragic decline in human rights in Bahrain.In an open letter to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, fifteen organizations, including Amnesty International, called on the United States to re-make…