Bahrain
Gulf · Arabian Peninsula
Tracking the persecution of human rights defenders and political prisoners, torture, the death penalty and the stripping of citizenship in Bahrain.
Our position on Bahrain
We call for the release of human rights defenders and political prisoners in Bahrain, accountability for torture, an end to the death penalty, and the restoration of citizenship to those stripped of it, with equal nationality rights for Bahraini mothers.
HuMENA
Areas of work
What we work on in Bahrain.
Civic Space & Freedoms
LatestBahrain | Freedom of Religion and Belief Is a Fundamental Right, Not a Basis for Arrest or Criminalization
Protection of Defenders
LatestBahrain | Joint Letter on Human Rights Situation to Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council
Inclusive Governance & Justice
LatestBahrain | UN Committee against Torture must call out the absence of accountability for grave human rights violations
Chronicle
HuMENA's work in Bahrain
Our statements, letters and reports on Bahrain, newest first.
May 2026
JOINT STATEMENTS
Nov 2025
LETTER
May 2025
LETTER
Mar 2025
LETTER
Feb 2025
LEGAL & POLITICAL ANALYSIS
Aug 2024
LEGAL & POLITICAL ANALYSIS
At the international level
Where this work meets the institutions.
UN HRC
Joint statements on defenders
UN Special Procedures
Communications on cases
EU Parliament
Resolutions and briefings
Defenders
Cases we follow.
Human rights defenders, journalists and lawyers whose cases in Bahrain we follow. Some people we document are not named here, for their safety.
Publications
Reports, statements, and analyses.
Bahrain | Freedom of Religion and Belief Is a Fundamental Right, Not a Basis for Arrest or Criminalization
Bahrain | UN Committee against Torture must call out the absence of accountability for grave human rights violations
Bahrain | Joint Letter on Human Rights Situation to Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council
On International Women’s Day, 23 NGOs Urge Bahrain’s King to Grant Bahraini Mothers Equal Nationality Rights
Bahrain’s Failure to Uphold UPR Commitments: A Deepening Crisis of Compliance
Bahrain’s Death Penalty Cases: Judicial Complicity in Human Rights Violations
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