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Bahraini Police Confiscate Three Refrigerators of Shrimp From Popular Market
2015-05-30
Bahrain Mirror: Bahraini security forces confiscated three shrimp refrigerators from Jidhafs popular market. Eyewitnesses stated that members of riot police accompanied by members of coast guards raided the market today (May 23, 2015).
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Public Prosecution Doesn’t Renew Rajab’s Pretrial Detention Nor Refers him to Court
2015-05-29
Bahrain Mirror:: Lawyer Mohammed Al-Jishi said that the Public Prosecution stopped the renewal of the pretrial detention of the BCHR president, human rights activist Nabeel Rajab "over the charge related to his tweets about the Jaw Prison abuses" among other charges linked to his opposition to the war on Yemen.
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US Commission on International Religious Freedom: Continuous Abuses Against Shiites in Bahrain
2015-05-06
Bahrain Mirror: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom confirmed that Shi’a Muslims continued to be detained and arrested arbitrarily. The commission urged US government to press on the Bahraini government to implement fully the BICI recommendations
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Between May 2011 and May 2015…What will Obama say to the King of Bahrain?
2015-05-04
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Four years after Obama criticized Bahrain’s policy during a speech in May 2011, he will meet Hamad bin Isa later this month. During this period, the US-Gulf relations have witnessed many ups and downs…What will Obama say to the King of Bahrain this year?
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Bahraini Detainee suffers from “Multiple Sclerosis”, Deliberately Prevented from Receiving the Required Treatment
2015-05-01
Bahrain Mirror: The family of detainee Mohammad Faraj, who suffers from “Multiple sclerosis”, expressed their concern over him being deliberately prevented from receiving the required treatment to his rare life-threatening illness
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British Lawyer Abigail Bach: Bahrain violates international conventions and there is a mechanism in Britain that enables stateless people to obtain legal rights there
2015-05-01
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): On the sidelines of the Fourth International Human Rights Conference, entitled: (Bahrain: Absence of Justice and Breach of International Commitments), which was held by Bahrain Forum for Human Rights and its main partners, Bahrain Mirror interviewed the British human rights defender and lawyer Abigail Bach. Bach discussed the situation of "stateless Bahrainis", who have been stripped of their nationalities "because of their political views and critical statements of the human rights violations committed by the Bahraini authorities".
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Attacked and Bitten By Dogs...Detainee Talib Ali: If I Showed You My Tortured Body, You'd Fall Apart
2015-04-29
After the family of detainee Talib Ali, who is sentenced to 50 years in prison, was able to visit him on Sunday, they realized that all the reports about torture are true and not exaggerated.
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Bahraini Authorities Prevent Abdulhadi and Salah Al-Khawaja from Attending Their Brother's Funeral
2015-04-28
The Bahraini government has deprived prominent human rights activists Abdulhadi and Salah Al-Khawaja, who are serving long prison terms, of attending their brother's funeral and mourning ceremony, as the authorities refused to grant them temporary release.
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Bahrain Claims Amnesty Report Doesn’t Reflect Facts
2015-04-19
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Bahrain announced that it received the latest report published by Amnesty International, stressing that it doesn’t reflect the facts.
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Serious Deterioration of Humanitarian Situation: Outbreak of Scabies in Jaw Prison
2015-04-16
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The humanitarian situation in Jaw Prison has seriously deteriorated as scabies spread among prisoners, who are still being held in tents placed in the yard next to block 4, since the events of March 10 took place.