Profile in persecution: Sayed Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed (Al-Tublani)

Sayed Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed (Al-Tublani) is a high school student who was warrantlessly arrested in 2018. Sayed Moahmed has been pursued since 2015, when he was only a 16-year-old secondary school student. He has been subjected to multiple human rights violations on multiple occasions, including torture and an unfair trial. On 30 October 2018, Sayed[…]

Rights groups call on F1 to disclose human rights articles in F1 contracts amid concerns over ‘sportswashing’ in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia

F1 told to “meet victims” and use “all available leverage” to demand the release of political prisoners in Bahrain Ahead of the commencement of the 2023 Formula One (F1) season which begins this weekend in Bahrain, a coalition of 21 rights groups and Trade Unions have written to Stefano Domenicali, the CEO of F1 to[…]

Profile in persecution: Ammar Abdulghani Abdulla

Ammar Abdulghani Abdulla is a Bahraini student who was warrantlessly arrested in 2017, and has been subjected to multiple human rights violations on multiple occasions, including torture and unfair trial. He was charged in multiple cases and is currently serving his sentence at Jau prison. Since August 2022, Ammar has been placed in isolation among[…]

UN Special Procedure offices express their concern over violations faced by four Bahraini individuals for their participation in peaceful protests

Three United Nations Special Procedures offices published on their website on 16 February  2023 an allegation letter sent to the government of Bahrain regarding the violations faced by four Bahraini youths, three of whom were minors and one a human rights activist, after their arrest for their participation in anti-normalization peaceful protests in Aali in[…]

Profile in Persecution: Hasan Fadhel Al-Bahhar

Hasan Fadhel Al-Bahhar is a Bahraini youth who is currently serving his alternative punishment and is under house arrest. Despite being a minor, he was arbitrarily arrested, interrogated alone, and subjected to multiple human rights violations, including torture and unfair trial. He was recently charged in the case of burning an electoral site and sentenced[…]