Category Archives: Bahrain
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Platform Compliance in the Middle East: How Opaque Content Moderation Enables Quiet Authoritarian Censorship
Across the MENA region, particularly in the Gulf, political speech increasingly disappears from major platforms [...]
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Arab Gulf States at odds: The UAE and Saudi Arabia in Yemen
Following developments in Yemen which saw the Southern Transitional Council (STC) seizing power across the [...]
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Saudi Arabia Briefing Papers Reports
Women Human Rights Defenders Systematically Tortured in Saudi Prisons
Introduction Since 2019, Saudi Arabia has promoted a narrative of national reforms under Crown Prince [...]
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Munasaha Law: How the UAE has used Anti-Terrorism Laws to keep Outspoken Citizens in Indefinite Detention
With the recent death of political prisoner Ali Abdullah Fath Ali al-Khaja on the 19th [...]
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The Gulf’s Smart City Future is Built on Total Surveillance
Across the Gulf, governments are racing to reinvent themselves as hyper-efficient “smart cities”, supported by [...]
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Locked In: How Kuwait’s 2025 Exit-Permit Rule Traps Migrant Workers in Modern Kafala
In July 2025, Kuwait introduced a new regulation requiring all private-sector expatriate workers to obtain [...]
Jan
Women’s Rights in Bahrain: Positive Developments Made, and Serious Commitment Required
Bahrain is a very unique case study with regards to the development of women’s rights. [...]
Dec
Half Citizens: Women, Statelessness and the Struggle for Equality in the Gulf
Across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, nationality laws continue to entrench gender discrimination, perpetuating [...]
Nov
Behind Closed Doors: The Silent Abuse of Migrant Women in Bahrain
Migrant labor is crucial to Bahrain’s expanding economy. Every year, thousands of women go to [...]
Nov
Arbitrary Arrests and Detentions of Minors in Bahrain: Political Suppression Behind the Mask of Restorative Justice
The prison system in Bahrain has been the subject of a wide array of human [...]
Nov
Minimal Protection Against Domestic Violence for Women in Bahrain
In Bahrain, women face unprecedented levels of domestic violence, spanning across all socioeconomic levels. In [...]
Oct
Daughters of the Resistance Campaign: ECDHR & ADHRB’s Stand with Bahrain’s Women
In Bahrain, since the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings, protests have been violently crushed, activists unjustly detained, [...]
Oct
Ongoing Detentions and Deportations of Foreign Workers in Bahrain
Bahrain, like many Gulf countries, is home to a large number of migrant workers. They [...]
Oct
An Uncertain Future for Food Insecurity
The access to and availability of food is undoubtedly one of the most important human [...]
Sep
The GCC and Social Developments
Last week, the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) undersecretaries for social development met in Kuwait to [...]
Sep