A group of 24 human rights organisations have called for the immediate release of detained Bahraini human rights defender Ali AlHajee. See the full statement

Tuesday, 4 March 2025: Bahraini authorities arrested human rights activist and former political prisoner Ali al-Hajee on the final day of F1 testing in Bahrain—Friday,

RE: Urgent, high-level outreach to the King of Bahrain to release EU nationals Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Mohammed Habib Al-Muqdad BRUSSELS, 14 FEBRUARY 2025 We, the

London, 15 December 2024: Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued a royal pardon for 896 inmates, which largely excluded political prisoners in Bahrain,

For immediate release: Bahrain must thoroughly investigate the death of Hussain Aman, which marks the second such tragedy in Jau Prison this year. Hussain Aman,

The Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) is an independent UN body that evaluates and accredits national

Note added on 7 February 2025: The number of 126 political prisoners benefitting from open prisons refers only to the prisoners who were enrolled in

Today, 11 November 2024, Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa met with King Charles III in Windsor.  The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy

Bahrain’s Alternative Sentencing and Enforcement Directorate announced on 23 September 2024 that 340 inmates of Jau Prison will have their prison sentences replaced with alternative

Bahrain: Joint Letter on Human Rights Priorities to All Member States of the United Nations General Assembly Re: 79th Session of the UN General Assembly