Women Prisoners Declare Hunger Strike In Protest of Prison Conditions and Ill-Treatment
27 October 2017 – Five political detainees in Bahrain’s Isa Town Women’s Prison entered the fourth day of a hunger strike today in protest of
27 October 2017 – Five political detainees in Bahrain’s Isa Town Women’s Prison entered the fourth day of a hunger strike today in protest of
27 October 2017 – We the undersigned organizations condemn Bahrain’s continuing degradation and abuse of a group of high-profile human rights defenders and political leaders.
26 October 2017 – Bahraini authorities yesterday transferred human rights defender Nabeel Rajab from a clinic to the notorious Jau Prison despite severe medical risks,
26 October 2017 – Sixteen human rights groups have today written to the United Kingdom, United States and the European Union, as well as Germany, France,
26 October 2017 – A Bahraini appeals court has today upheld the dissolution of Bahraini opposition society Wa’ad and the confiscation of its assets. Wa’ad was dissolved following a
25 October 2017 – Bahrain’s Appeals Court today convened in the second appeals hearing for Nabeel Rajab, who was sentenced to two years in July
24 October 2017 – Four defendants facing political charges yesterday appeared before the military court, in the first trial of civilians by the Bahraini military
13 October 2017 – Arms sold at Bahrain’s upcoming defence exhibition may be used to commit further atrocities in the Yemen conflict, NGOs have warned
10 October 2017 – The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) condemns the rise in the use of executions in the Gulf, four decades
The following statement was delivered by ARTICLE 19 and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council,