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Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim: Emptying Prisons Would Add Credibility to Corrective Step
2024-04-27
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim hopes that the release of a number of political prisoners will be a promising step toward a serious, accelerated, and comprehensive corrective path to resolve the existing problems in the political relationship between the authorities and the Bahraini people.
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Coordinating Committee for Jaw Prison Sit-in: No Turning Back on the Open Sit-in Until the Release of All Political Prisoners
2024-04-27
The coordinating committee for the "Justice Shall be Claimed" activities in Jaw Central Prison stated that the open sit-in demanding the unconditional release of all political prisoners continues to stand firm and determined despite the inhumane restrictions.
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Massive Demonstration in Diraz in Support of Gaza and Bahraini Prisoners of Conscience
2024-04-27
Worshipers at the Imam Sadiq Mosque in Diraz, west of the Bahrain capital Manama, took to the streets today, Friday, April 26, 2024, in a massive demonstration following Friday prayers in support of Gaza and Bahraini prisoners of conscience.
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Ibrahim Serhan: Released Political Prisoners Not Obligated to Pay Any Fine Under Terms of the Royal Pardon
2024-04-26
Ibrahim Serhan, legal advisor to the "Salam for Democracy and Human Rights" organization, called on political prisoners released under the recent royal pardon not to pay any fine as that is not lawful.
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Family of Hassan Mushaima Stages Sit-in Protesting Denial of His Medical Treatment and Demanding His Release
2024-04-26
The family of the opposition leader and head of the Haq Movement, Hassan Mushaima, imprisoned in the Jaw Central Prison, staged a sit-in in front of the "Kanoo Medical Center" on Thursday, April 25, 2024, protesting his denial of treatment and demanding his release.
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Mass Demonstration in Karbabad Demands the Release of All Prisoners of Conscience
2024-04-26
Karbabad witnessed a massive demonstration on Thursday evening, April 25, 2024, demanding the immediate release of all prisoners of conscience in Bahraini prisons.
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Security Forces Storm Building 5 in Jaw Prison to End Prisoners' Sit-in, with Reports of Injuries Among Them
2024-04-25
Security forces stormed Cellblock 3 in Building 5 of the Jaw Central Prison on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, aiming to forcibly end the sit-in of political prisoners.
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Ayatollah Qassim: Quds Day Teaches Normalizers We're a Nation of Wide-ranging Resistance and Deep Faith in Our Cause
2024-04-07
Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim stressed that "Quds Day marches are a source of strength that ignites consciences and action because they unite the nation on the necessity of jihad and resistance," warning that "diminishing the significance of commemorating Quds Day is a victory for the enemy, a decline in the nation's will, and a path towards its defeat."
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Marches in Bahrain Commemorating International Quds Day
2024-04-06
A number of areas and villages across Bahrain witnessed massive marches on the eve of International Quds Day, expressing condemnation of the Bahraini regime's normalization with the Zionist occupation.
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Political Prisoners' Families to Ombudsman and HR Institute: We Demand Immediate, Unconditional Freedom for Our Sons Who Are Dying Slowly
2024-04-05
Families of political prisoners held in Jaw Central Prison issued a message on Thursday, April 4th, 2024, addressed to both the head of the National Institute for Human Rights, Ali Al-Dirazi, and the Secretary-General of the Office of the Ombudsman, Ghada Hameed. In the message, they demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the political prisoners.
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Massive March in Manama in Preparation for International Quds Day Condemns Normalization with Occupation
2024-04-05
The Bahraini capital, Manama, witnessed a significant march on Wednesday evening, April 3rd, 2024, in preparation for observing “International Quds Day.”
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Political Societies in Bahrain, Kuwaiti Progressive Movement, Arab Parties Conference Condemn Ibrahim Sharif's Arrest, Demand his Release
2024-03-26
Bahrain's opposition party, Al-Wefaq Society, condemned the Bahraini regime's arrest of the former secretary-general of the Wa'ad Society, a prominent figure in the opposition, Ibrahim Sharif, "due to his political opinions criticizing government policies."
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Jaw Prisoners Raise Chants of Takbir after Hearing News of their Fellow Inmate Hussein Khalil Al-Ramram's Martyrdom Due to Medical Negligence
2024-03-26
Prisoners held in the Jaw Central Prison raised chants of Takbir (i.e. Allah is Great!) from their cells after the announcement of the martyrdom of political prisoner Hussein Khalil Al-Ramram, as a result of medical negligence, and his emergency health condition during a football game activity.
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Once again Ibrahim Sharif Arrested for Criticizing Irresponsible Spending on "McLaren"
2024-03-26
The Bahraini authorities have once again arrested Ibrahim Sharif, the former secretary-general of the Wa'ad Society and a prominent figure in the opposition, and decided to detain him for 7 days pending investigation, based on posts on the formerly Twitter "X" platform.
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Al-Wefaq: Regime Refuses to Register and Document 124 Shia Cemeteries for Years
2024-03-25
The Al-Wefaq Observatory, affiliated with Al-Wefaq Society, stated that "the authorities have been obstructing the registration and documentation of 124 Shia cemeteries for years, despite the mediation of several influential figures and their efforts to resolve the issue."
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UN Rapporteur: Bahrain Authorities Arrested Hashem Al Wadaei to Retaliate Against His Mother's Peaceful Activism
2024-03-21
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, expressed concern about the fate of arbitrarily detained individual in Bahrain, Hashem Al Wadaei.
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GIDHR Condemns Jaw Prison Administration's Disregard for Demands by Dozens of Political Prisoners to End Isolation
2024-03-21
The Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (GIDHR) has condemned the Jaw Central Prison administration's disregard for the demands of over 90 political prisoners to end the adopted isolation policy.
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"The Roundabout of Coexistence and Peace": A Booklet by Al-Wefaq on the Anniversary of the Pearl Roundabout Demolition
2024-03-20
The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society issued a booklet titled "The Roundabout of Coexistence and Peace" on the anniversary of the demolition of the Pearl Roundabout by the Bahraini regime in 2011, after suppressing peaceful protesters for a month.
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UN Team: 4 Bahraini Opposition Leaders Subjected to Arbitrary Detention, Torture, Enforced Disappearance, Unfair Trial, and Medical Neglect
2024-03-20
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, on Monday, March 18, 2024, confirmed that 4 senior Bahraini opposition leaders were subjected to arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearance, unfair trial, and medical neglect.
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Jaw Prison Building 10 Inmates Join Counterparts in Buildings 9-7 by Refusing their Meals in Protest of Ongoing Isolation
2024-03-20
Prisoners held in Building 10 at Jaw Central Prison returned their Iftar and Suhoor meals in solidarity with their fellow inmates in Buildings 7 and 9, who protested the transfer of political prisoners to isolation by the prison administration.