Zaynab Al-Khawaja, the daughter of prominent Bahraini human rights activist and political prisoner Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, published a recent article describing the treatment and torture her father has received at the hands of Bahraini authorities for the past ten years. She shows how the regime tries to ensure that prisoners’ trauma continues long after their prison sentence. To…
Nabeel Rajab, a prominent human rights lawyer and president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, was conditionally released from a Bahraini prison on June 9, 2020. Rajab was arrested in 2016 for televised interviews with the international press during which he discussed Bahrain’s human rights abuses. After already serving for two years, Bahrain’s Criminal…
Alkhawaja is a Bahraini Woman Human Rights Defender who works as a consultant and trainer on Human Rights. She is a leading voice for human rights and political reform in Bahrain and the Gulf region. Alkhawaja has been influential in shaping official responses to human rights atrocities in Bahrain and the Gulf region by leading campaigns…
Bahrain: On January 30, a Bahraini criminal court sentenced 58 political activists charged with terrorism by the government. Nineteen received life sentences while 37 others received sentences ranging from 5-15 years. Two activists received death sentences, joining 19 others prisoners on death row – the largest number since courts were established in 1923. In addition to the harsh sentences, 47…