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Bahrain

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The state of human rights in Bahrain

The authorities fail to uphold the right to due process, a fair trial, and minimum standard treatment of prisoners in Jaw prisons while imprisoning human rights defenders and criminalising online expression, which is protected by international human rights law.

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Take Action to help free Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and support hunger-striking prisoners in Bahrain

UPDATE: On 11 September 2023, over 800 prisoners suspended their hunger strike until 30 September 2023 to allow the authorities to implement promised improvements such

7/09/2023 Learn More
Bahrain

On the anniversary of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja’s arrest, call on Denmark to demand his freedom

This week marks several anniversaries for prominent human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja who is serving a life sentence in Bahrain for his peaceful

7/04/2023 Take Action
Bahrain

Take action for Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, denied medical treatment and calls

Update: @MARYAMALKHAWAJA says her Dad called today. "After my tweets, they showed up in his cell & said they would take him for a medical appointment, but

3/04/2022 Take Action
Bahrain

Help save the life of Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, spending his 60th birthday on hunger strike in prison

Please take action to help save the life of imprisoned Bahraini human rights defender Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, who has been on a liquids-only hunger strike for

15/01/2022 Take Action
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News & Publications

Latest News & Publications from Bahrain

MPs and human rights groups urge UK Government to sanction Bahrain Interior Minister over role in torture as Bahrain marks 15th anniversary of 2011 uprising
  • News
  • Bahrain
  • 16/02/2026

Last week, leading human rights organisations filed a request for UK sanctions against Bahrain’s Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa,

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The Safeguards Gap: Detention-Related Torture and Ill-Treatment in Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain
  • Publications
  • BahrainIraqUAE
  • 28/01/2026

1. Executive Summary This report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) documents recurring, detention-related patterns of torture and other ill-treatment in

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