Category Archives: Bahrain

Bahrain: Torture victims at risk of execution in Bahrain following court ruling

13 July 2020 – Bahrain’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, has confirmed the reimposition [...]

Bahraini prisoners amid COVID-19 outbreak

Political Prisoners amid Covid-19 outbreak On 6 April 2020, ECDHR along with 21 human rights [...]

GCC Countries and Migrant Workers: Background Facts

The presence of migrant workers in the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), [...]

Belgium: Foreign Affairs Minister answers to a Parliamentary Question on Bahrain

Answer to Hugues Bayet’s Oral Questions on the situation of Human Rights in Bahrain, published [...]

Bahrain: MEPs Send Letters raising concerns over the cases of Mohammed Ramadhan and Hussain Moosa

On 6 March 2020, two Joint Letters on Death Sentence of Mohamed Ramadhan and Hussain [...]

Bahrain: Updates on European Parliamentary Questions

Since the beginning of the 9th European Parliament legislature, there have been four parliamentary questions [...]

European Parliament event “Culture of Impunity in Bahrain: what is the role of the EU?”

On February 20, 2020 Marc Tarabella MEP – member of S&D and Vice Chair of [...]

The Belgian Senate adopted a Resolution on Human Rights Violations in Bahrain

On the 14th of February, the Belgian Senate adopted resolution 7-142/2, tabled by Senator Orry [...]

Parliamentary question on human rights in Bahrain during a belgian parliament’s foreign affairs committee session

On the 21st of January 2020, Mr Cogolati – a member of the Belgian House [...]

Bahrain: Update on Alternative Sentencing

Introduced in Bahrain in 2017, the Alternative Penalties and Procedures Law has seen a heightened [...]