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Bahrain Forum for Human Rights: Released Prisoners of Conscience Are Still Not Safe—Pay Excessive Fines or Return to Prison!Lift the Restrictions on Prisoners! BFHR statement to lift restrictions on religious rituals and warns of the deteriorating health of hunger-striking detaineesRelease Them! Bahrain Forum for Human Rights Condemns the Pre-judgment of 15 Citizens and Warns Against Violations of Fair Trial GuaranteesBFHR: Public Prosecution Statement Against 41 Religious Scholars Undermines the Presumption of Innocence and Reinforces Targeting on the Basis of BeliefAmid loss of contact with more than 40 religious scholars following their detention, BFHR warns against the danger of using security discourse to justify sectarian targetingBahrain’s Ongoing Campaign of Political Retaliation Targets More Than 40 Shiite ClericsReport: 'Bahrain: Repression in a Time of War'BFHR: Bahraini Authorities Initiate Preliminary Procedures for the Arbitrary Deportation of Denaturalized Citizens, and Mothers Are Threatened with Revocation of Their Citizenship if They Refuse to TravelBahrain - World Press Freedom Day 2026: End the strangulation of Bahrain’s media and online expressionThe Return of Denaturalization and Forced Deportation Notices: A Dangerous Escalation and an Unlawful Collective PunishmentBFHR: The killing of journalist Amal Khalil is a new Israeli war crime, and international silence exacerbates crimes against journalistsWar Crimes and Persistent Targeting of Civilians: A Human Rights Analysis of the Escalation in LebanonStatement Condemning Arbitrary Arrests in Kuwait Over Political Positions on Regional Escalation Linked to the Aggression Against the Islamic Republic of IranThe Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) condemns the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and considers it a war crime and a flagrant violation of international law.The BFHR on the Anniversary of 14 February: There is a Need for Transitional Justice for a Future Free of ViolationsBetween the Universal Declaration and Reality: Violated Rights and Repressive Policies Statement by the BFHR on the International Human Rights DayA Security Crackdown Instead of an Independent Investigation… following the Death of Fisherman Abdullah Hassan Yusuf!Bahrain and the Security State Model: Post-2011 ImplicationsBahrain Forum for Human Rights Statement on the Maritime Incident and the Disappearance of a Citizen126 Les organisations de défense des droits de l’Homme et les organisations civiles soutiennent l’initiative du Secrétariat général des Nations Unies et appellent à une véritable inclusion de la société civile dans ce processus de réforme visant à moderniser et démocratiser les structures des Nations Unies. NousEntre ellos se encuentra el Foro de Bahréin para los Derechos Humanos..120 redes y organizaciones de derechos humanos exigen el fin inmediato de la masacre por hambre en la Franja de Gaza palestinaAmong them is the Bahrain Forum for Human Rights..120 human rights networks and organizations demand an immediate end to the starvation massacre in the Palestinian Gaza StripParmi eux se trouve le Forum de Bahreïn pour les droits de l’homme..120 réseaux et organisations de défense des droits humains exigent la fin immédiate du massacre par la famine dans la bande de Gaza palestinienneBahrain: Ashura Violations and the Need for Constitutional GuaranteesBahrain: The Day After the Release of Political Prisoners?Among them is the Bahrain Forum for Human Rights.. 151 Human Rights and Civil  Networks and Organizations Call for the Release of Activists Aboard the Freedom Flotilla "Madleen" and Demand More Ships and Support for Marches to Rafah to Break the Gaza Siege and Deliver Humanitarian AidOn International Women’s Day, 23 NGOs Issue Among them is the Bahrain Forum for Human Rights Joint Letter to Bahrain’s King, Calling to Grant Bahraini Mothers the Equal Right to Pass Their Nationality to Their ChildrenThe BFHR on the repeated targeting of parmadics in Lebanon by Israel36 Human Rights Organizations: Mass Pager Explosions in Lebanon Violate International Human Rights Law and Amount to a Genocide, and Those Who Ordered and Planned Their Implementation Must be Held AccountableHuman Rights Commentary on the Latest Violations – The Bahrain Forum for Human RightsHuman Rights Commentary No. (2) of the Bahrain Forum for Human Rights: Questions About the Continuation of the Impunity PolicyA human rights commentary on the issue of prisoners of conscience (1)Bahrain: Summons for Interrogation, A Tool to Suppress FreedomsBahrain: The rate of human rights violations does not suggest an implementation of human rights reforms in the near futureRebai: We call again for the release of those sentenced to death and the civilians in Qurain Military PrisonZainab Khamis: It is necessary to make reparations, pay compensations, and return the released prisoners to studies, work, and normal life.BFHR’s conference: Renewed calls for releasing prisoners, making reparation, and compensating victimsWebinar on Bahrain’s recent releases of political detainees: Ongoing undermining of freedoms perpetuates arbitrary arrestsThe Human Rights Position on Developments in Bahraini affairsBFHR’s Symposium on the International Human Rights Day: Bahrain Systematically Infringes Human Rights The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights: A new attack on press freedom, and the OHCHR is required to publicly and clearly condemn the crimes of the occupying entityRecommendations by Int’l rights groups condemning Gaza’s horrific genocide181 Organización de derechos humanos exige una sesión urgente de la Asamblea General Sobre la base de la decisión "Unidos pro Paz" y la formación de una Corte Penal Internacional EspecialOrganizzazioni in difesa dei diritti umani richiedono una sessione urgente dell’Assemblea generale dell’Onu In base alla decisione “Unirsi per la Pace” e per la formazione di una Corte penale internazionale straordinaria181 Menschenrechtsorganisation fordert eine Dringlichkeitssitzung der Generalversammlung auf der Grundlage des "Uniting for Peace"-Beschlusses und der Einrichtung eines internationalen Sonderstrafgerichtshofs181 Une organisation de défense des droits de l\'homme demande une session d\'urgence de l\'Assemblée générale des Nations Unies sur la base de la décision "S\'unir pour la paix", et la formation d\'un Tribunal Pénal International Spécial181 Human Rights Organization Demands an Urgent Session of the General Assembly On the Basis of the “Uniting for Peace” Decision and the Formation of a Special International Criminal Court111 Organisationen der Zivilgesellschaft fordern den Schutz der palästinensischen Bevölkerung, ein Ende der Belagerung des Gazastreifens und die Freilassung aller Gefangenen.111 organizzazioni della società civile chiedono  La protezione del popolo palestinese, la fine dell\'assedio di Gaza e il rilascio di tutti i prigionieri111 organizaciones de la sociedad civil piden que se proteja al pueblo Palestino, se ponga fin al asedio de Gaza y se libere a todos los presos111 Organisations de la société civile appellent à la protection du peuple palestinien, mettre fin au siège de Gaza et la libération tous les prisonniers111 Civil society organizations call for Protecting the Palestinian people, ending the siege on Gaza, and releasing all prisonersBahrain: UN expert alarmed by health of human rights defenders in prisonA report by three human rights organizations about violations during the Ashura season in Bahrain this yearBFHR: The security authorities summoned nine citizens after they performed Friday prayers in DurazHuman Rights Organisations: Escalating Cases of Arbitrary Executions in Saudi Arabia Raise Concerns about the fate of Dozens Inmates on Death Row16 Human Rights Organizations Urge Bahrain to Protect Inmates on Death RowFollowing the execution of 2 Bahraini victims of torture: 3 Bahraini Human Rights Organisations: Saudi Arabia reveals its black judicial record: Relentless political executions*The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights: The arbitrary arrest of religious scholar Sanqour portends a new wave of targeting religious freedom... and resisting normalization is not a crimeA news report on the event titled “Bahrain, an Environment that Represses Press Freedom”The BFHR in cooperation with the KRC in an oral intervention at the Human Rights Council: Failing to end the normalization of relations with the authority that occupies the Palestinian territories means that the promotion and protection of human rights announced by the government will be in the Israeli way of unlimited increase of violations and repression.Joint Statement by 127 Human Rights Organizations Over the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference Calling on participants to work on stopping all forms of repression and political persecution in Bahrain.BFHR’s panel, PoCs’ families: Our beloved ones are victims of the systematic retribution; GoB’s oversight bodies are implicatedPrisoners of Conscience in Bahrain’s Jau Prison: We will have to go on an open strike if the deteriorating situation is not addressed The Bahrain Forum documents the violations against the prisoner of conscience Ahmed Jaafar166 organizations from more than 21 countries, including the Bahrain Forum for Human Rights, call on the international community for emergency aid and for lifting sanctions on SyriaBFHR’s symposium: Supporting prisoners of conscience is a human and moral duty172 Zivilgesellschaftliche und menschenrechtliche Organisationen und Netzwerke  fordern ein Ende der humanitären Katastrophe im Jemen, die Aufhebung der Blockade und die Stiftung des Friedens unter den Jemeniten. rete e organizzazione legale e civile172 pretendere di fermarsi catastrofe umanitaria nello Yemen, revocando l’embargo  e costruendo la pace tra gli yemeniti172 Red y organización civil y de derechos humanos Pide el fin de la catástrofe humanitaria en Yemen, levantando el bloqueo y construyendo la paz entre los yemeníes172 Network and human rights and civil organization calls for an end to the humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen, lifting the blockade and building peace among Yemenis162 Bahraini political prisoners demand provision of humane conditions in the regime’s prisonsThe BFHR organizes a photo exhibition about human rights violations in front of the Human Rights CouncilA news report on the attendance of the BFHR at the Universal Periodic Review in GenevaA symposium by the BFHR, SALAM DHR and GIDHR issuing the joint report \'Bahrain: The Lost Religious Tolerance (2)’The participation of Ghina Rebai, researcher in the Bahrain Forum for Human Rights on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, and Arbitrary Judicial Rulings in Bahrain, in the UPR pre-sessions145 Networks and Human Rights Organization Condemn the Assault on Dr. Aziz Ghali, President of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights41st session of the UPR Working GroupMemorandum of Understanding with the UN High Commissioner and Bahrain’s National Plan for Human Rights: Rights concerns over the seriousness of the authorityA written statement by the Khiam Center and the Bahrain Forum in the Human Rights Council on: Violations of political rights in Bahrain Arbitrary Arrests in Bahrain (2011 – 2021)Bahrain Forum for Human Rights commenting on the Ministry of Labor and Social Development’s banning the candidacy of members from a longest-standing rights association in the country: the procedure is a disappointing message to the High Commissioner confirming the miscarriage of freedom of association and the perpetuation of political isolationMembers of the advisory body of the Bahrain Forum for Human RightsBFHR: Security authorities force activist Ali Muhanna to sign a pledge not to demonstrate in solidarity with prisoners of conscienceParmi eux se trouve le Forum de Bahreïn pour les droits de l\'homme .. 99 coalition, réseau, organisation de défense des droits humains  condamnent le coup d\'État militaire au Soudan Il salue le peuple soudanais pour avoir résisté à son renversement et traduit les putschistes en justice Il appelle les Nations Unies et l\'Union européenne à ne pas le reconnaîtreEntre ellos se encuentra el Foro de Derechos Humanos de Bahrein ... 252 redes y organizaciones de derechos humanos condenan la decisión del gobierno de ocupación y apartheid sobre las seis organizaciones palestinas de la sociedad civil y de derechos humanosParmi eux se trouve le Forum de Bahreïn pour les droits de l\'homme…252 réseauxet organisations de défense des droits humainsThe Bahrain Forum for Human Rights: Security authorities use excessive force to suppress two demonstrations against normalization with the Zionist EntityA symposium by the KRC and the BFHR on the sidelines of the 47th session of the Human Rights Council entitled “Bahrain: The Reality of Political RightsBFHR: Among them is a football player… The Bahraini authorities arrest four citizens for inciting hatred against the regime A written statement by the KRC and the BFHR to the Human Rights Council on the violation of political rights in BahrainA written statement by the KRC and the BFHR to the Human Rights Council on: The US Department of Justice’s blocking of the LuaLua Satellite Channel website and more than 30 websitesNGOs: The Bahraini Authorities Took Advantage of the Covid-19 Pandemic to Restrict the Religious Freedoms of Shia Citizens in this Year’s AshuraTémoignage d’un prisonnier d’opinion, Younis Al-Nasiri, sur les émeutes dans la prison centrale de Jau – En avril 2021 à Bahreïn. Traduit par Savine Gilibert.Testimony of Prisoner of Conscience, Younis Al-Nasiri, on Disturbances in Jau Central Prison – Bahrain in April 2021A symposium by the Khiam Center and the BFHR at the Human Rights Council on violations of political rights in BahrainThe Bahrain Forum for Human Rights: US blocking of the LuaLua TV website and more than 30 media websites is a flagrant violation of the freedom of the pressHuman rights organizations demand respecting the right of the Palestinian people to resist the occupation and determine their destiny and expel the apartheid state from the United NationsCivil Society Organizations\' Memorandum for the High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the right to elections in JerusalemA Memoir of the Suppression of Prison Unrest in BahrainThird Bahrain Forum and SALAM DHR Update: No Transparency by Authorities over Number of Infected Detainee Cases, and 24 Summonses issued in the Last 2 DaysBahraini human rights groups welcome appointment of Dr. Agnes Callamard as Amnesty International\'s Secretary-GeneralBahrain Forum and SALAM DHR Update: Prisoners Complain of Hunger and Infected Cases exceed 50Bahrain Forum and SALAM DHR : An Update on Prisoner COVID Cases in BahrainEuropean Parliament condemns death penalty, torture and harassment of human rights defenders in Bahrain.Ghina Rebai: How do we assess the roundup of a decade of abuse in prisons?In a webinar on the Black Decade for Rights in Bahrain: Relentless suppression of freedomsBahrain Forum for Human Rights: The Royal Court exercises religious persecution by nationalizing the Jafari endowments to undermine the independence of religious affairsThe deployment of the Covid-19 pandemic for religious persecution – A report on Ashura 2020 in BahrainForum de Bahreïn pour les droits de l\'homme: les déclarations du président français concernant les caricatures offensives contre le prophète (PSL) encouragent au discours de haine contre les musulmans*Bahrain Forum for Human Rights: French President\'s Statements Regarding Offensive Cartoons against the Prophet (PBUP) Encourage Hate Speech against MuslimsThe Bahrain Forum for Human Rights emphasizes the right of Secretary-General of the Haq Movement, Mr. Hassan Mushaima, to receive the necessary treatment and obtain full freedomThree Bahraini human rights organizations: The declaration of normalization between Bahrain and the Israeli occupation entity is the most dangerous decision by the ruling authorities that undermined the concept of national sovereignty and violated local and international lawsAt a digital symposium by the Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR), the report "False Justice" was launched, with the participation of human rights and judicial figuresThe Bahrain Forum for Human Rights extends its sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims of the Beirut explosion.Trois organisations de défense des droits humains saluent la déclaration du Haut-Commissaire aux droits de l\'homme sur les condamnations à mort au Bahreïn.Three human rights organizations welcome the statement of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on death sentences in BahrainThree Bahraini human rights organizations congratulate HRD Nabeel Rajab on his release and confirm his right and the rest of the prisoners of conscience to obtain complete freedom without conditionsThe Bahrain Forum for Human Rights: The Jaafari Endowments Directorate encroach on religious freedoms by exploiting the Coronavirus crisis under government guidanceThree Bahraini organisations call on the Bahraini authorities to take measures to protect the health of detainees and free all prisoners in light of Coronavirus pandemicThree Bahraini HROs: Yemen is facing Novel Corona Virus danger while 95% of its healthcare system capacities are damaged since the beginning of the Saudi-led warThe Bahrain Forum for Human Rights: The Ministry of Labor and Social Development escalates assault on civil societyBFHR responding to NIHR: You are busy denying violations while scabies cases in prisons need medical follow-up and deprivation of treatment is a main way of torturing prisonersBahrain Forum for Human Rights: The murder of Soleimani and al-Muhandis is "state terrorism" and proves that the US military bases were used to commit the violationsBahrain Forum for Human Rights: 24 cases of enforced disappearance were monitored in NovemberSALAM DHR and BFHR issue report: No Tolerance for Religious Rituals of Ashura in Bahrain54 violations of religious freedom duringBFHR Health of torture victim Hussein Khamis deteriorates while security members amuse themselves by calling him crazyBFHR The NIHR is lying about torture victim Hussein Khamis and instead of investigating his case it is doing what it does best circumventing and sugar-coating violationsThree Bahraini organisations call on Member States of the Human Rights Council to stand up for human rights in Bahrain at HRC41 and beyondBahrain Forum for Human Rights: 1,102 hate-inciting media materials and messages were detected in May in BahrainJSC AND BFHRThe shocking crime against 37 victims reflects the SaudiUN human rights chief deeply concerned by mass terrorism convictions in BahrainBahraini Human Rights Groups: Interior Minister a model of immunityBrief statement: Protecting Perpetrators and Prosecuting VictimsBFHR: Arbitrary sentences amounting to 680 years issued after an unfair trial of 171 Bahrainis that was based on false investigationsAnimation: Watch the full story of Hameem al-AraibiBFHR: Thank you Australia and human rights organizations supporting Hakeem al-AraibiReport: Electoral intimidationHuman rights organisations call upon Thailand to release Bahraini footballer al-Araibi who faces risk of deportation to Bahrain where he fears for his safetyThree human rights organizations launch a report that monitors electoral intimidation in BahrainReport summary Bahrain Elections Without IntegrityBahraini NGOS Condemning the decision of Germany to deport Bahraini citizen Ahmed Nawar to BahrainSheikh Ali Salman sentenced to life in prison and systematic violations increase in BahrainChased without Protection: Silence, or Prison, Death, and DeportationThe Bahrain Forum for Human Rights records 1272 human rights violations in the Monthly IndicatorJOINT STATEMENT: 127 Rights groups call for immediate release of Nabeel Rajab after UN group calls his detention arbitrary and discriminatoryFour Bahraini Human Rights Organizations hold the Bahraini authorities responsible for the deterioration of the health situation of opposition leader Hassan MushaimaBFHR: Ending the security siege does not eliminate the right to hold individuals accountable legallyMonthly IndicatorThe Bahrain Forum for Human Rights records 1272 human rights violations in the Monthly IndicatorBFHR: Two women arrested from Nuwaidrat on Thursday at dawn during an illegal raidThe human rights situation in Bahrain continued to deteriorate in April 2018THE ANTI TERRORISM LAWThe Bahrain Forum for Human Rights calls on the OHCHR and international human rights bodies to urgently intervene to stop the death sentences in BahrainMonthly report for examining the human rights situation and monitoring violationsBFHR: Monthly report for examining the human rights situation and monitoring violationsbfhr: 145 violations were observed in one day on the occasion of February 14The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights launches the Monthly Indicator: 995 violations in January in BahrainKingdom of PersecutionBFHR: Enforced disappearance of 15 citizens from 7 different areas continuesBFHR: The Prospects of the continuation of military trial for civilian victims are crumbling and the authorities insist on intensifying sanctionsMisinformation on Amnesty International in Bahraini embassy reportBahrain: Relatives of exiled activists continue to be targeted amid ongoing unrestBFHR in response to the NIFHBFHR commenting on the sentences issued by the military judiciary: A black day in the history of justice in Bahrain"Death or Confession": a report by human rights organizations monitors the torture of civilians in Bahrain's first military trialA Crime Outside Coverage a human rights report on the grave violations in suppressing the peaceful assembly near the house of Ayatollah QassimBahraini human rights organizations welcome the statement of four UN experts on the health situation of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa QassimBahrain: UN experts welcome medical care for Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim but urge full respect for rightsThe Bahrain Forum for Human Rights calls for enabling an independent medical body to supervise the health status of Ayatollah QassimBFHR: 64 peaceful protests over Ayatollah Qassim's case, twelve of them were repressed, in five daysBFHR: Enforced disappearance of 7 citizens, including 2 children, from 5 areas continuesBFHR: 20 raids and 17 arbitrary arrests in 8 areas in 3 daysBFHR to NIHRBFHR: 439 media materials and messages inciting hatred were recorded in October in BahrainBFHR: Secret military courts begin to try civilians, some of whom have been subjected to enforced disappearance for 13 monthsBahraini Human Rights Organizations: The Political Space in Bahrain is turning Dark Black amid the Dissolution of "Waad" Political Party Revealing Lack of Judicial IndependencyJaw Prison administration devises new ways to retaliateBahraini human rights organizations appeal to the international community and human rights organizations to save prisoners in BahrainBFHR: 144 hate-inciting materials by journalist Saeed al-Hamad were observedBFHR: 82 provocative media materials against the campaign #arresting_children_of_Bahrain were recordedBahraini human rights organizations submitted 13 reports to the 36th session of the Human Rights Council in cooperation with Arab and international organizationsBFHR: Enforced disappearance of 12 citizens from 4 Bahraini areas continues, one of whom has been in that state for more than one yearBFHR: 255 media materials and messages inciting hatred were recorded in September in BahrainBFHR: The enforced disappearance of five citizens from three areas of BahrainBFHR: 519 hate-inciting media materials and messages were recorded in August in BahrainFive Bahraini human rights organizations launch joint report on Bahrain 3rd UPR discussed in the UN Human Rights Council next ThursdayThe 27th UPR Session in Geneva on Bahrain's Human rights RecordBahraini NGOs Welcome Speech given by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Urge Bahraini Authorities to CooperateBAHRAIN: 'NO ONE CAN PROTECT YOU': BAHRAIN'S YEAR OF CRUSHING DISSENTFormer MP spends more than 700 days in solitary confinement in BahrainChambers of Death" is a report that monitors violations by the National Security Agency (NSA) in BahrainBFHR: The Bahraini authorities use their political dispute with Qatar to bring malicious charges against Al-Wefaq senior member, Sheikh Hassan IsaBFHR: 373 media materials and messages inciting hatred were monitored in July in BahrainBFHR: Ayatollah Qassim has been under house arrest for more than 70 days amid tight security measuresBahraini human rights organizations: The execution in Saudi Arabia is an instrument of persecution and political revenge and we demand to freeze Saudi Arabia's membership in the Human Rights CouncilBFHR: Enforced disappearances of 8 citizens from Diraz continue, and one of which exceeded 270 daysBFHR: Bahraini authorities forcibly deport wife of a dissident cleric for retaliatory and illegal reasonsUN experts urge Bahrain to investigate reports of torture and ill-treatment of rights defender Ebtisam AlsaegBahrain Forum for Human Rights: 689 media materials and messages inciting hatred have been recorded in June in BahrainBahrain Forum for Human Rights: 11 Bahraini female detainees and the Bahraini authorities put them among targets of political revengeBahraini human rights organisations strongly condemn the execution of four activists in Saudi ArabiaUrgent Appeal) Bahrain: Human rights activists are targeted after being exposed to torture in earlier periods)Bahraini Alleged Torture Victim Arrested-Rights GroupSaudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE must stop their actions that violate human rights principles following the severing of ties with QatarBAHRAIN: WOMAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER TORTURED, INCLUDING SEXUALLY ASSAULTEDBahrain - Urgent Appeal: Rights activists and bloggers are tortured and forced to suspend and resign from their activitiesBFHR: The Military judiciary in comparison with the standards and guarantees of fair trialsThe Military judiciary in comparison with the standards and guarantees of fair trialsDraft report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic ReviewGeneva 2017 Sees no Activists from BahrainHR Organizations Thank HRC Member-States for Fundamental Recommendations on Violations in BahrainFront Line DefendersFreedom HouseBFHR: Preliminary interrogations of activists are used in order to besiege their legitimate activities to promote human rights coinciding with the UPRUSCIRF : RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CONDITIONSAmnsty:Bahrain: 32 dissidents rounded up within days in clampdown ahead of UN human rights sessionRead : Bahraini authorities started harassing the religious activities carried out by citizens in preparation for Ashura Season.Read from the report : VIOLATION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOMRead : the number of victims who have a legal or special statusRead : The number of violations by month in 2016BFHR Issues Its Annual Report: Violations became More Systematic, 2389 Violations Documented in 201618 Commitments on Faith for RightsBirut Declaratione on Faith for RightsGIDHR : Updates on the Crackdown on Human Rights in the GulfAmnsty : Bahrain Disastrous move towards patently unfair military trials of civiliansArchive :The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) held its sixth conference under the title "The International Community and Challenges of Human Rights Reform in Bahrain"Archive : Rights activist Sultan: Authorities in Bahrain are avenging human rights defenders and suppressing their freedom of expressionArchive : Salam for Democracy and Human Rights: Bahrain has failed to implement the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendationsArchive : Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (GIDHR): The Bahraini authorities deny Shia citizens the right to worship and to practice their religious beliefsArchive : Human Rights Activist Mohammed Khalil: The Terrorism Law created a fertile ground for the continuation of torture and ill-treatmentReport : The Missing JusticeRebort : the Effectiveness of the National Institute for Human Rights NIHROpening statement of the Sixth International ConferenceThe Right to Independent JudiciaryReporters Without Borders described the official royal speech as brazen lyingThe Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR)said that sentencing Bahraini journalist Faisal Hiatt to three months in prisonwithThe Bahrain Forum: the Bahraini authorities are working on a project of abolishing the Shiite community from the political presence by a royal decisionThe Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) paper during a parallel session in the Human Rights Council: the Saudi Authorities are Committing the Century’s Massacre against the Yemeni ChildrenYoussef Rabif before the Human Rights Council: criticizing the rulers is not a crime and not a reason for the sectarian and ethnic discrimination and deprivation of health care in BahrainYoussef Rabih: This decision reveals clearly that the government is walking in the opposite direction of the international commandments and announces the Bahraini government’s failure to implement Bassiouni’s recommendationYoussef Rabih before the Human Rights Council: We urge you to protect the freedom of political activity in BahrainThe speech of the Bahrain forum for Human Rights in cooperation with the Khiam Rehabilitation Center in front of the Human Rights CouncilThe Bahrain forum for Human Rights (BFHR) discussed the recent developments in Bahrain with officials from the European Union and ParliamentBahrain Forum for Human Rights condemns preventing the Emirati academic Abdul-Khaleq Abdullah from entering ManamaBFHR: Exiling Sheikh Khojasteh is a Bad Message for the UN Commissioner Delegation in BahrainBFHR: The Bahraini Judiciary Resends the Message of “Sectarian Persecution” to Geneva by Accusing Al-Mishal of Malicious ChargesRabie: Arresting Milad, the Opposition Leader, and Acquitting the Security Member Accused of Firing Shotgun Pellets are Clear Proofs that the Judiciary is disclaiming the International StandardsBFHR Launches its Report Regarding Freedom of Assembly: the Bahraini Authorities Rejected 149 Notifications for Peaceful Assemblies since 2015BFHR: President Obama Should Call on the Gulf Rulers to Allow their People to Participate & Stop the Prosecution against Shiites in BahrainThe final report of the fifth international conference for human rights 2016Bahrain forum welcomes the statement of the US State Department and calls on the Bahraini authorities to stop justifying its failure to improve the human rights situationBahrain Forum for Human Rights condemns preventing the Emirati academic Abdul-Khaleq Abdullah from entering ManamaBFHR: Exiling Sheikh Khojasteh is a Bad Message for the UN Commissioner Delegation in BahrainBFHR: The Bahraini Judiciary Resends the Message of “Sectarian Persecution” to Geneva by Accusing Al-Mishal of Malicious ChargesRabie: Arresting Milad, the Opposition Leader, and Acquitting the Security Member Accused of Firing Shotgun Pellets are Clear Proofs that the Judiciary is disclaiming the International StandardsNGOs: Shockingly unlawful execution of prominent Saudi scholar Sheikh al-Nimr in appalling violation of right to lifeSerious concern for Fadhel Radhi Bahraini activist detained in ArmeniaBahrain Forums: journalist Mahmoud Jaziri arrested arbitrarily new violation against journalistsAn Appeal from Human Rights organizations to drop the death sentences based on confessions extracted under tortureBFHR: We made 11 complaints to the United Nations about the attacks on the authorities Alashouraiah events that will last for two weeksBHFR calls upon UNESCO in a speech on the occasion of World Teachers' Day to review its OpinionRegarding King Hamad’s Award#Third Session: Bahraini Regime Endangers International Peace and SecuritySecond Session: Key Word to Describe Actios in Bahrain is ArbitraryBahraini Regime Breaches Code of Criminal Procedures: Unfair TrialsOpening Session: Violations in Bahrain are Criminal OffensesExecutive Session of 4th International Conference Urges Just Trial for Sheikh Ali Salman26Human Rights NGOs: Arrest of Nabeel Rajab confirms the Bahraini Government’s hostility towards human rights defenderBahrain Forum for Human Rights declares that 58 prominent lawyers from 8 Arab countries are ready to defend Al Wefaq’s Secretary GeneraBahrain Forum for Human Rights: Stripping 72 citizens of their nationalities is a calamity of basic rights of citizenship and a moral execution37Human Rights Organizations Call for the Immediate Release of Al-Wefaq Secretary General19 Human Rights Organizations urgently call the Thailand authorities not to extradite the Bahraini youth Ali Haroun to the Bahraini government fearing from him being tortured againHolding the Bahraini government legally accountable, Bahrain Forum for Human Rights condemns raid on Ayatollah Qassim’s home by security forcesA seminar for the Bahrain Forum for Human Rights discloses facts about the grave consequences of discrimination and naturalization in relation to the absence of justice in BahrainBahrain Forum for Human Rights: Bahraini authorities are arresting women in retaliation for their demands for political changeBahrain Forum for Human Rights: Bahraini authorities are turning the right to lasting citizenship into a toy in the hands of political decisionsSaudi Arabia sentences the political dissident al-Nemer to death for exercising internationally preserved rightsYusuf Rabie: Violating Hussaini rites is an incriminated action by law and accordingly the violator has to be handed in to the justiceBahrain Forum for Human Rights: the British support for Bahrain’s government formal measures helps continue the deterioration of Human RightsYusuf Rabie: New distribution of electoral districts in Bahrain undermines equality among citizens, Cabinet document violates articles in the ConstitutionBahrain Forum for Human Rights: Arresting human rights activist Nabeel Rajab reveals to what extent repression is being exercised in the name of law by targeting human rights defendersBahrain Forum for Human Rights: Keeping Ghada Jamsheer under arrest proves the government’s repressive policiesThe authority’s new electoral district distribution reinforces sectarian oppression in BahrainBahrain Forum of Human Rights: the exclusion of the Bahraini authorities to the citizens with dropped nationalities is a built-up crimeBahrain Forum of Human Rights: the Bahraini authorities used those with withdrawn nationalities as a paper of political blackmailBahrain Forum of Human Rights: the way of arresting doctor Samahiji is humiliating and intimidatingVictims of Torture in Bahrain are in front of two systematic torture crimes and official protection for their tormentors.Bahrain Forum of Human Rights: The prisoner of conscience Hussein Al- Bannaa is on hunger strike because of mistreatment and he is handcuffed and restricted in feet16Human Rights Organizations: The Detention of Abd Al Aziz Al Abbar Corpse is an acknowledgement of the Impunity Policy in Bahrain17 Human Rights Organizations: We call on the international community to take immediate measures to stop the targeting of the Shiites and exert pressure to return Ayatollah Al-Najati to his countryDuring his meeting with a delegation of the Bahrain Forum, Kabalan demanded to stop the forced deportation of Ayatollah Al-NajatyUrgent: Twenty human rights organizations: the threat by forced deportation of Ayatollah Al-Najaty is a consecration of the sectarian oppression in Bahrain, and it is an infringement of laws systemYusuf Rabi: the Bahraini authorities are still using the tools of intimidation in the arrestsBahrain Forum of Human Rights: the invocation of the jurist Al-Musawi is a strike for the human rights work and violation pledgesBahrain Forum of Human Rights: the procrastination of the Bahraini authorities in the treatment of Mushaimeh, endangers himThe Bahrain Forum of Human Rights: the Bahraini authorities’ resorts to the Jordanian gendarmerie which is for the repression and torture purposesThe Bahrain Forum of Human Rights: on the Doctor Day, the Bahraini judiciary supports the imprisonment of Dr. Al- Samahiji for one yearYusuf Rabia: Giving priority to the security option in Bahrain reveals the dominance of the oppressive environment against human rightsCalling for the appointment of a 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Bahrain Forum for Human Rights: Released Prisoners of Conscience Are Still Not Safe—Pay Excessive Fines or Return to Prison!

 

Bahrain Forum for Human Rights: Released Prisoners of Conscience Are Still Not Safe—Pay Excessive Fines or Return to Prison!

The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) has been monitoring recent measures targeting a number of Bahraini citizens who were granted a special royal pardon in 2024. They were among the 611 prisoners of conscience covered by two separate royal decrees issued in April and September 2024. The decrees waived the remainder of their prison sentences and cancelled the 500,000 Bahraini dinar collective fine that had previously been imposed on 57 detainees in connection with the Jaw Prison events of March 2015.
According to information documented by BFHR, the past several weeks—nearly two years after the issuance of the royal pardon decrees—have witnessed security authorities summoning and pursuing those released in the 2015 Jaw Prison case, demanding that they pay their individual shares of the collective fine. Each individual is being required to pay more than 8,700 Bahraini dinars (over US$23,000) and is being threatened with six months' imprisonment if payment is not made.


BFHR has documented several incidents, including:
•    4 June 2026: Security authorities arrested Abdullah Hassan Salman Al-Anisi, who was released on 8 June after paying his share of the fine.
•    7 June 2026: Security authorities contacted a number of former detainees and instructed them to appear before the Sentence Enforcement Judge within one week to reach a settlement regarding the fine, warning that failure to do so would result in their re-arrest.
•    7 June 2026: Security authorities also arrested Ayman Abbas Salman Ismail, who remains in detention as of the date of this statement.
•    21 June 2026: Security authorities arrested Hassan Fardan Abdulkarim, who was released on 25 June after paying part of the fine.
BFHR strongly condemns these arbitrary measures and emphasizes, first and foremost, that they constitute a clear violation of Article 1 of Royal Pardon Decree No. 28, which expressly provides for the cancellation of the remainder of custodial sentences and all financial penalties imposed under the relevant judgments.


Moreover, re-detaining individuals on the basis of cases for which they have already been pardoned constitutes arbitrary detention under international law and violates Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
These actions also contravene the principle of ne bis in idem—the prohibition against double punishment for the same offence—which is enshrined in Article 14(7) of the ICCPR. This principle protects individuals from being prosecuted or punished again after they have served their sentence or have been granted a pardon.
Since the royal decrees definitively extinguished the penalties, there is no legal basis for pursuing, threatening, or re-arresting the same individuals. Recasting these measures under the guise of a "substitute penalty for a fine" or as the recovery of alleged "government civil debts or compensation" is simply an attempt to evade the legal effect of the royal pardon. Such practices amount to double punishment for the same conduct and are incompatible with Bahrain's obligations under international human rights law.

In light of the above, BFHR calls on the Government of Bahrain to:
1.    Immediately cease the summonses and persecution of individuals covered by the two royal pardon decrees and fully respect the legal effect of those decrees.
2.    Immediately and unconditionally release all prisoners of conscience and provide effective reparations for the material and moral harm they have suffered.
3.    Revoke all decisions and measures aimed at collecting financial penalties from pardoned individuals, particularly those presented as compensation for damages allegedly arising from the 2015 Jaw Prison events.
4.    Guarantee that these practices will not be repeated and end the use of threats of imprisonment as a means of financial and security coercion against released prisoners.
5.    End the policy of impunity and cease evading accountability in ways that allow ongoing legal violations to continue under various pretexts.

Bahrain Forum for Human Rights
2 July 2026
Added on: 2026-07-04 10:19:50
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