Unfair trials of protesters, online critics of the government and relatives of these individuals continued, as did other suppression of freedom of expression. Group trials of excessive numbers of defendants, in some cases amounting to mass trials, as well as other unfair trials, also continued....

A joint letter from 19 human rights organizations to the King of Bahrain and the Crown Prince and Prime Minister to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace and in the meantime, to ensure he is held in conditions that meet international standards, receives his medication...

Text of Amnesty International’s statement delivered to the UN Human Rights Council at the time of the adoption of recommendations to Bahrain during its Universal Periodic Review. Amnesty International criticized Bahrain’s failure to accept recommendations to release prisoners of conscience,...

A joint letter from 20 human rights organizations to the King of Bahrain and the Crown Prince and Prime Minister to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace and in the meantime, to ensure he is held in conditions that meet international standards, receives his medication...

As Bahrain holds parliamentary elections on 12 November 2022, the government retains its long-standing ban on the opposition parties that used to compete in elections prior to 2011. The government has banned al-Wefaq, the Shia-led party that has won the most seats in the history of Bahrain’s...

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to the states under review at the 41st session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in November 2022. The countries covered are Algeria, Bahrain, Brazil, Ecuador, Finland, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland,...

This document contains Amnesty International’s suggested recommendations to Bahrain, for its review during the 41st session of the UPR Working Group on 7 November 2022.

A letter from human rights organizations to the King of Bahrain and the Crown Prince and Prime Minister to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, an academic, activist and blogger imprisoned in Bahrain who has been on hunger strike for 400 days, and in the meantime, to...

A letter from human rights organizations to the US, UK, EU and German governments calling on them to pressure Bahrain for the immediate and unconditional release of respected Bahraini academic, blogger, and human rights defender, Dr Abduljalil AlSingace, who is serving a life sentence for his...

A joint letter from civil society organizations to the United Nations Secretary General and diplomatic Missions, to bring to their attention the continued detention of human rights defender Abdul-Hadi Abdulla Hubail al-Khawaja. As he marks his 10th year in prison and commemorates his 60th birthday...

Letter raises with Secretary of State Antony Blinken the alarming deterioration of the human rights situation in Bahrain and the central role played by the Trump administration in encouraging a resurgence of authoritarianism and escalating crackdown on human rights in the country; and urges him to...

In light of the meeting between Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and the European Union scheduled to take place in Brussels on 10 February 2021, we are writing to raise concerns about the deterioration of the human rights situation in Bahrain.

More than 100 organisations from around the world, appeal for the assistance of the Danish Prime Minister to secure the release of prominent human rights defender and dual Danish-Bahraini citizen Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja from prison in Bahrain, where he is serving a life sentence for his peaceful...