UN Calls on Bahrain to Investigate Violent Attack at Jau Prison and Release Dissidents
30 April 2021 – A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights issue a statement today condemning “the use of
30 April 2021 – A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights issue a statement today condemning “the use of
26 April 2021 – Over 50 political prisoners are currently subject to enforced disappearance at Jau Prison in Bahrain and have been incommunicado since riot
20 April 2021 – Several political prisoners at Jau Prison in Bahrain remain incommunicado and unable to contact their families after being assaulted by riot
Bahrain has arrested family members of several political prisoners over peaceful protest activity, including father and brother of death row torture survivor Mohammed Ramadhan Three
Bahrain’s government confirms death of political prisoner Abbas Hassan Ali at Jau Prison this morning Eyewitness reported a delay of up to 1 hour 20
Update as of 29 March 2021 On 28 March 2021, Bahrain experienced the largest single-day rise in new Coronavirus cases since the pandemic first began,
25 March 2021 – A coalition of 61 cross-party UK parliamentarians have written to new F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali urging him to “establish an independent
22 March 2021 – A disciplinary board in Bahrain has arbitrarily revoked the legal licence of prominent Bahraini defence lawyer Abdullah Al-Shamlawi for one year,
11 March 2021 – The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in a plenary session today to adopt an urgent resolution condemning human rights abuses in
11 March 2021 – A Bahraini court has handed seriously ill 16-year old Sayed Hasan Ameen and three other juveniles a 6-month imprisonment but granted