In a letter sent on 17 January 2022, 27 local, regional and international human rights organizations urged states and the European Union to call for the immediate and unconditional release …
A Message from Civil Society in the Arab Region to the Summit for Democracy
View PostCIHRS Tenth Annual Report: New aspects of human rights crises during the Covid-19 pandemic
“The human rights situation in the Arab region, which has already been deteriorating for years, is deteriorating even more rapidly with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially afflicting economic …
Bahrain| Marking 10 years of solitary confinement : A joint human rights appeal to the Danish government for the release of defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
2021 marks ten years in solitary confinement for human rights defender and pro-democracy activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, a dual Bahraini-Danish national who before his arrest worked as a Protection Coordinator for …
Election of the President of the UN Human Rights Council
NGOs urge all members of the United Nations Human Rights Council (the Council) to elect its President based on the Council’s membership criteria, especially adherence to the highest standards of …
Bahrain’s Consideration in Upcoming Election for President of the Human Rights Council
In a letter ahead of their upcoming meeting, twenty human rights organizations urged the countries of the Asia-Pacific Group to oppose the nomination of Bahrain for President of the Human …
Civil Society Organizations Raise COVID-19 Human Rights Priorities with OHCHR
On 9 April 2020, the Human Rights Council held its first online informal briefing to address the challenges to human rights resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. During the meeting, the …
CIHRS Ninth Annual Report: Evocations of the Arab Spring Amid Newly Drawn Armed Conflicts
With the uprisings and forces of democratization and political reform either smothered or preemptively stricken over the last several years, the Arab region is now experiencing renewed hope. The values …
Human rights defenders criticise the bestowing of a Norwegian award to Bahraini prime minister
Despite Bahrain’s longstanding status as a systematic perpetrator of severe human rights violations, the Prime Minister of Bahrain Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa received an honorary award in the presence of Norwegian …
US Pressure to Deny Palestinian Rights in “Deal of the Century” Bahrain Workshop Must be Rejected
We, the undersigned, express our grave concern regarding the US-led “Peace to Prosperity” workshop in Bahrain, which poses a significant threat to the Palestinian right to self-determination, justice, and equality. …