Bahrain

The member states of the Human Rights Council called on Bahrain to respect the religious freedoms of the Shias, and to release political detainees in the country. According to information received by Shia Waves Agency, Ireland has called for protecting…

Relatives of Bahraini political prisoners have called on Pope Francis to put pressure on the Manama regime to end human rights abuses across the kingdom, calling on the pontiff to highlight the plight of the inmates by visiting their families…

Prominent Bahraini human rights activists have urged the Vatican to address a number of serious files and persistent concerns related to religious freedom during Pope Francis’s visit to Manama next month. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain sent…

An American activist group promoting human rights in Bahrain has called on Pope Francis to either back out of his upcoming visit to the Gulf nation or criticize what they say are repressive and discriminatory government practices. In an Oct.…

On the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Alice Edwards, and the Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, issued the…

A number of detainees in the juvenile detention center ‘Dry Dock’ complained about the poor quality of the meals served to them. Bahraini human rights activist, Ibtisam Al-Saegh, said that the most important needs of the child are a sufficient…

Leading Shia cleric, Abduljalil al-Miqdad has been brutally assaulted at Bahrain’s notorious Jaw Prison en route to his medical appointment. Al-Miqdad is the founder of a Shia opposition political group in Bahrain. He has spent 11 years in prison and…

With the pilgrimage of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him, approaching, and thousands of Shia citizens from Bahrain are preparing to visit the holy shrines in Iraq, the Department of Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs of the Ministry of Interior…

A mourning ceremony was held in the Husseiniyah of Matam al-Sakin, affiliated with the Shirazi Religious Authority in Bahrain, on the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Zain al-Abidin, peace be upon him. The ceremony was set up with…

Tension prevailed in Jaw Central Prison, after its administration moved a number of political detainees to the investigation building as part of the systematic policy of restriction and terrorism. Human rights sources reported that the Jaw Prison administration transferred 15…