Category Archives: Bahrain
Bahrain Reports
Repression Continues to Hit Human Rights Activists in Bahrain. Despite Royal Pardons, Many Are Still in Jail.
Between the end of 2024 and March 2025, Bahrain’s King Ahmed bin Isa Al Khalifa [...]
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Saudi Arabia Reports
The Rights of Older Persons in Saudi Arabia: Non-Citizens and Detained Dissidents at Risk
The United Nations (UN) Principles for Older Persons function within the broader international human rights [...]
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Saudi Arabia Reports
Indonesia’s Plan to Lift Labor Migration Ban to Saudi Arabia Raises Alarms Over Workers’ Rights
In March 2025, the Indonesian government announced plans to revoke their decade-long moratorium on sending [...]
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Saudi Arabia Reports
Reprisal Against Family Members: The Case of Sulaiman al-Dowaish’s Sons
In April 2016, preacher Sulaiman al-Dowaish was arrested and tortured by the Saudi authorities after [...]
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Saudi Arabia Reports
Transnational Repression and the Unanswered Case of Jamal Khashoggi
he assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018 remains a clear example of [...]
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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 [...]
Apr
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 [...]
Mar
Bahrain: Updates on European Parliamentary Questions
Since the beginning of the 9th European Parliament legislature, there have been four parliamentary questions [...]
Feb
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 [...]
Feb
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 [...]
Feb
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 [...]
Jan
Bahrain: Update on Alternative Sentencing
Introduced in Bahrain in 2017, the Alternative Penalties and Procedures Law has seen a heightened [...]
Dec
Bahrain: MEP Phil Bennion (Renew Europe) Issues Written Question on Case of Hajer Mansoor
On November 12, 2019 (updated 27 November 2019) MEP Phil Bennion, from the Renew Europe [...]
Nov
UN human rights experts address 10 cases of denial of medical care
On 18 September 2019 the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD); the Special Rapporteur [...]
Nov
Bahrain: 52 MEPs Send Letter to EU Ambassador in Riyadh on Medical Neglect in Bahrain
This morning, 21 November, a Joint letter on the medical treatment of prisoners in Bahrain, [...]
Nov