Bahrain

Fifteen human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, sent a letter to the King of Bahrain calling for the release of academic and political activist Abdul Jalil Al-Singace. The organizations urged the Bahraini authorities to secure the…

The International Shia Rights Watch Organization condemns in the strongest terms the sectarian policies pursued by the authorities in Bahrain towards Shia citizens who represent the absolute majority of the population, expressing its condemnation at the same time of the…

The United Nations has warned Saudi Arabia for the second time in six months that enforcing the death penalty on two Bahraini men who were allegedly tortured and forced to make confessions could constitute arbitrary execution. In a June letter…

Yesterday, the Bahraini authorities expelled the Kuwaiti recite Muhammad al-Hujairat from the country, after he revived the Husseini mourning ceremonies, while bloggers and activists described the decision as arbitrary aimed at preventing Ashura manifestations. The Bahraini authorities showed their lack…

Bahraini forces have tightened their ruthless crackdown against Shia Muslims ahead of the occasion of Ashura, as the Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed measures against members of the majority religious community. Social media activists have posted videos…

Political detainees in Jaw Central Prison in Bahrain said that the prison administration has officially prevented them from reviving the Ashura ceremonies under the pretext of “violations”. Prisoner of conscience Hussain Hilal Ahmed said in a phone call that Bahrain,…

The office of the representative of the Supreme Religious Authority in Manama, Bahrain, Sheikh Abdul Shahid al-Satrawi, was covered in black on the occasion of the advent of the holy month of Muharram. The official website of the Shirazi Religious…

The Jaafari Endowments Department held the annual meeting of Husseini Rituals and Husseiniyas in Bahrain last Tuesday evening. About 300 participants from the funerals, Husseiniyas and procession coordinators, and with the participation of representatives of the official authorities in preparation…

Several human rights groups have criticized Bahrain over its treatment of a political prisoner who has refused to take solid foods for the past year in protest against his detention. Abduljalil al-Singace, director and spokesperson of the Human Rights Bureau…

Marches took place in several Bahraini towns in protest against the authorities’ ban on visiting the holy shrines in Iraq, Syria and Iran with the approach of the holy month of Muharram. The demonstrators affirmed their adherence to the approach…