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Doctor Tells Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja: Your Life is in Danger
2023-08-13
Maryam Al-Khawaja, daughter of prisoner of conscience Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, confirmed that her father was transferred to the intensive care unit at the "Military Hospital" due to heart rhythm problems.
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Al-Wefaq Official: Isn't It Time for Authority to Respond to Prisoners' Just Demands
2023-08-13
Sayed Jamil Kadhem, head of the Al-Wefaq Shura Council, stressed that "the demands of the prisoners who are on hunger strike are just, necessary, available and commensurate with all the rights of prisoners in the world."
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Nedal Al-Salman, Enas Oun Start Hunger Strike in Solidarity with Prisoners in Bahrain
2023-08-13
President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nedal Al-Salman, and head of monitoring and documentation department at the center, Enas Oun, began a hunger strike on Saturday, August 12, 2023, in solidarity with detainees in Bahraini prisons
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Prisoners' Hunger Strike: Crisis Deeper than Just Detention Conditions
2023-08-11
We enter the fifth day of the hunger strike launched by hundreds of political prisoners in Bahrain, to demand the release of other detainees held in the harshest isolation prison, also calling for basic human rights.
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Detainee Al-Fardan: Tolerance Doesn't Include You
2023-08-11
Bahrain's ruling family can tolerate all religious and cultural trends, and interact with various humanitarian situations, except the demands of political detainees who are denied their basic rights.
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Sheikh Ali Salman Abstains from Visits in Solidarity with Hunger Striker Detainees
2023-08-11
Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman abstained from visits in solidarity with the political prisoners who are on hunger strike in Jaw Prison.
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Israeli Foreign Minister to Visit Bahrain in September
2023-08-11
Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen will visit Bahrain in September 2023, the Hebrew i24news website reported.
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3 New Cases of Fainting Among Hundreds of Political Detainees on Hunger Strike in Jaw Prison
2023-08-10
Three new cases of fainting were recorded among the political detainees who are on hunger strike for the third day in a row in building 8, ward 2, in Jaw Central Prison, and were transferred to the prison's clinic.
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Sheikh Al-Daihi: Hunger Strike of Political Prisoners in Jaw Prison Reflects their Insistence on Basic Rights, Dignity
2023-08-10
Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary-General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, stressed that "the demands of political detainees are a necessity."
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Ruling Family Received $1.7 Million Increase in Revenues
2023-08-10
Oil prices continue to increase amid pledges by major producers to cut production, while Bahrain's oil revenues continue to surge, but who's benefiting from this increase?
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Sheikh Abdullah Al-Saleh: Detainees' Issue will Remain Among Most Important Issues We Work for
2023-08-10
Sheikh Abdullah Al-Saleh, deputy secretary-general of the Islamic Action Society (Amal), said that "the issue of detainees will remain among the most important issues all the people work for."
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Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja Starts Hunger Strike in Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Jaw Prison
2023-08-10
Prisoner of conscience Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja announced on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, launching hunger strike in solidarity with the political detainees who are on hunger strike in Jaw Central Prison.
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AP: Bahrain Prison Inmates on Hunger Strike in Latest Sign of Simmering Unrest in Island Kingdom
2023-08-09
Bahrain prison inmates are taking part in a hunger strike over conditions there, activists and authorities said Wednesday, the latest sign of simmering unrest in the island kingdom a decade after the Arab Spring.
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Rights Group Accuses Egypt of Disappearing 2 Men Detained in Bahrain
2023-08-09
"Their Right", a human rights organization which specializes in defending prisoners of conscience in Egypt, yesterday accused the Egyptian authorities of disappearing two citizens who were detained in Bahrain and deported.
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Official Discourse Imposed Restrictions on Mourning Processions in Ashura that Contradict Freedom to Hold Religious Rites
2023-08-09
The Bahrain Press Association confirmed that "the government of Bahrain has not stopped since 2011 until today inventing fake pretexts to harass its Shiite citizens because they represent the largest segment of its political opponents."
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First Fainting Case among Political Detainees on Hunger Strike in Jaw Prison
2023-08-09
On Tuesday, August 8, 2023, the first case of fainting was recorded among one of the detainees in the Jaw Central Prison, who was on hunger strike for the second day in a row.
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Bahrain Arrests Two Egyptian Dissidents, NGO Calls for not Deporting them to Egypt
2023-08-09
The Shahab Centre for Human Rights urged senior UN officials to intervene and call on Bahrain not to send Mohamed Mahmoud and Muhammad Saad Hassanein to Egypt. The two were detained this week by the Bahraini authorities despite committing no crime.
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Why Children's Hunger Strike in Bahrain's Prisons Extremely Important
2023-08-08
It can be said that the hunger strike launched by the six convicted children in the Dry Dock Prison three days ago is one of the most important strikes that must be highlighted, as through their hunger, the young convicts announce Bahrain's failure to abide by the Restorative Justice Law for Children.
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Hundreds of Detainees in Jaw Prison Launch Open Hunger Strike until Meeting their Demands
2023-08-08
Hundreds of political detainees in Jaw Central Prison began an open hunger strike on Monday, August 7, 2023, to demand their rights after the authorities ignored their demands and continued to violate their rights with unfair decisions.
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Authorities Release 3 Citizens after Arresting them over Taking Part in March Condemning Burning of Qura'n
2023-08-07
The authorities released Majeed Abdulmohsen, Mounir Mushaima, and Ali Mhanna, who were summoned on Friday, August 4, 2023, and detained for three days after presenting them to the Public Prosecution, over participating in a march held in the Diraz, west of the capital, Manama, to condemn the burning of the Holy Qura'n in Sweden.