Tag Archives: Bahrain

As of February 5, tourists from 28 countries can travel to Iran without obtaining visas, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary, and Iranian expatriate Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. 28 countries include Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tunisia, Tanzania, Mauritania, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Seychelles, …

 An Iranian parliamentary delegation left for Manama Monday to participate in a meeting of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) in Manama. Ali Alizadeh, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission at the Iranian Parliament, left Tehran for Manama, the capital of Bahrain, on Monday morning at the …

Human rights organizations call on the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to raise the case of Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on the 12th anniversary of his detention. The organizations said in their letter “It remains unclear how Al-Khawaja’s case is being …

Commenting on the increasing demands of prisoners to improve the living conditions in Bahraini prisons, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that what political prisoners are being subjected to is a crime and constitutes a threat to the lives of political prisoners. The audio recordings of dozens of political prisoners held …

A Bahraini court upheld charges against one of the country’s most prominent human rights defenders on Thursday, after denying him access to an appeal hearing. Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja, 61, was initially imprisoned in 2011 after leading peaceful protests calling for fundamental freedoms in the kingdom. Last year, he was handed fresh …

Bahrainis on Saturday voted in parliamentary elections held in an environment rights groups described as “political repression” since the Persian Gulf Arab state has dissolved the main opposition groups and cracked down on dissent. Ahead of the vote, which includes municipal polls, rights group Amnesty International criticized “highly restrictive measures” …

The two-day Bahrain Forum for Dialogue kicked off Under the slogan of “East and West for Human Coexistence.” Egypt’s Grand Imam and Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Pope Francis of the Catholic Church, as well as a number of symbols, leaders and representatives of religions and cultures from all over …

The London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) and other human rights groups have urged the Pope to speak out on what they say are rights abuses, including the imprisonment of pro-democracy dissidents. Families of death row inmates in Bahrain have appealed to the pope to speak out against …

 Najah Yusuf and Hajer Mansoor, who were allegedly tortured after protesting Formula One’s Grand Prix in the kingdom, have filed a legal complaint against the company saying it has breached the human rights standards it pledged to follow. Najah Yusuf, Hajer Mansoor and the UK-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and …

 Salam for Democracy and Human Rights demanded the immediate release of prisoners of conscience who are confirmed to have TB (Tuberculosis). Salam expressed its concern regarding the testimonies and complaints that came out of Jaw Prison in Bahrain, which document poor medical care, especially in light of the prison administration’s …