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BFHR: Health Condition of Prisoner of Conscience Ahmed Jaafar Deteriorates due to Torture, Denial of Treatment
2023-02-26
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights warned of the deteriorating health condition of prisoner of conscience Ahmed Jaafar due to the torture, ill treatment and denial of treatment he is being subjected to.
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Sheikh Sanqour Stresses Religion and Religious People Have Part in Political and Economic Reform
2023-02-24
Preacher of Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque in Diraz, Sheikh Mohammad Sanqour, called on people to stop saying that "religion and religious people have nothing to do with political and economic reform.
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Authorities Deceive Prisoners by Canceling their Medical Appointments after Ending their Strike
2023-02-24
Americans for Human Rights and Democracy in Bahrain denounced the deception practiced by the authorities against political prisoners by canceling their medical appointments, including prisoner Mohammad Hasan Abdullah Al-Ramel, who is in his 60s and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Al-Wefaq: Regime Reopens Prisons to Arrest Any Citizen who Thinks about Expressing his Opinion, Demanding his Rights
2023-02-24
The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society confirmed that the aim of the Interior Ministry's announcement of its reopening of prisons is "to arrest every citizen who thinks about expressing his opinion or demanding his rights."
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BPA: Bahraini Female Journalists Deprived of Holding Senior Posts in Media Outlets, Regime Uses them to Polish its Image
2023-02-24
Bahrain Press Association said that Bahraini female journalists did not assume any senior position in the media outlets in Bahrain after the 2011 events of 2011, noting that "the political system uses women as chess pieces to beautify, show, and polish the kingdom's image internationally."
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Abdulnabi Al-Aradi: Health Sector in Bahrain "in Deterioration", Al-Salmaniya Hospital Gets Rid of Bahraini Cadres in Favor of Foreigners
2023-02-24
Consultant General and Laparoscopic Surgeon Dr. Abdunabi Al-Aradi confirmed that the health system in Bahrain is "in deterioration", considering that "whoever took the decision to empty the Al-Salmaniya Hospital of Bahraini medical staff and replace it with foreigners will not retreat from his decisions."
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Al-Wefaq Issues "Monopoly of Power" Booklet on Sheikh Ali Salman's Plea
2023-02-24
Al-Wefaq issued a booklet for its detained Secretary-General, Sheikh Ali Salman, entitled "Monopoly of Power", in which it relied on Sheikh Salman's "Home Plea" which he wrote in prison on October 14, 2015, and diagnosed Bahrain's problem and ways to solve it.
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Jaw Prisoners: We will Start Open Strike If Prison Administration Continues to Neglect our Demands
2023-02-24
Political prisoners in Jaw Central Prison said that they will go on an open strike if the prison's administration continues to neglect their just demands which they talked about in their audio messages from prison and explained the suffering and ill-treatment they are subjected to.
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Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Criticizes Emirates and Bahrain's Normalization with Israel: We Achieved no Progress in Peace Process
2023-02-23
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah criticized the UAE and Bahrain's normalization with Israel, stressing the lack of progress in the peace process since the signing of the Abraham Accords.
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Bahrain: "Kingdom of Brutality...and Normalization", File in Lebanese Al-Akhbar Daily on Feb. 14 Ann.
2023-02-22
The Lebanese Al-Akhbar Newspaper issued an inclusive file entitled "Bahrain: Kingdom of Brutality...and Normalization," on the 12th anniversary of February 14 uprising.
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ADHRB Launches Campaign to Punish Bahraini Interior Minister under "Magnitsky" Law
2023-02-22
Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) said that it seeks to punish Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa under the "Magnitsky" law.
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Ali Al-Aswad: The Speaker of the Bahraini House of Representatives Said It
2023-02-22
We listened to the words of the Speaker of the Bahraini House of Representatives, Ahmed Al-Musallam, who impressed us with his meager leadership - of what is supposed to be the People's House - a statement made in an attempt to intimidate MPs, live on air.
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Cassation Court Overturns Acquittal of Fadeela Abdulrasoul, Her Husband and Brother-in-Law
2023-02-22
The Cassation Court accepted on Monday (February 20, 2023) the Public Prosecution's appeal against the acquittal of citizen Fadeela Abdulrasoul, her husband Sayed Radhi Al-Alawi and his brother Sayed Jaafar Al-Alawi, and ordered their retrial in a politicized case.
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Why's Israel Buying our Islands?
2023-02-20
Only few lands were left of historical Palestine, as the Zionist settlement machine seized the majority of lands; and Israel continues to buy real estate everywhere in the world. However, the new trend is buying islands and real estate in the territories of neighboring countries.
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Island Sold to Israel: What It Means to Transfer Part of Country's Sovereign Land to Another
2023-02-20
A very concerning comment was made by Avery Shnayer, representative of the Blue and White party, on the piece of news published by the Israeli TV7 channel (later deleted) on Israeli company Himnota, owned by the Jewish National Fund, purchasing a private island with an area of 9,554 square meters for $21.5 million.
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Ayatollah Qassim Praises Commemoration of 12th Ann. of Feb. 14 Uprising in "Effective and Civilized Methods"
2023-02-20
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassin praised the commemoration of the 12th anniversary of the February 14 uprising in "effective and civilized methods full of firm determination," noting that it is a "testament to the fact that the government's violence has not and will not break the will of the people.
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Israeli Officer Takes Part in Training Bahraini Diplomatic Cadres
2023-02-18
Israeli diplomats and officers are now coming to Manama to participate in training courses for Bahraini diplomatic cadres at the Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa Institute affiliated with the Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Nabeel Rajab Receives Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders while in Prison
2023-02-18
Prominent human rights defender and founding member of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab, received the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders in Geneva. It is to note that Rajab received the same award 11 years earlier.
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BIRD, HRW and Reprieve: UK Foreign Office's Report on Bahrain Misleading, should be Corrected
2023-02-18
Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, Human Rights Watch and Reprieve criticized the UK Foreign Office's 2021 Human Rights and Democracy Report, issued on December 9, 2022, and confirmed that it is fraught with inaccuracies that whitewash Bahrain's appalling human rights record and risk enabling abusers.
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Derari Island: A Settlement Ready for Sale by Order of the King and his Sons
2023-02-17
Whoever sells a land has sold a homeland, and with normalization, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has mortgaged Bahrain's security and sold parts of its land in order to introduce a new element to Bahraini society; Jewish settlement.