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February 17, 2016 News Release

Bahrain: Release Ebrahim Sharif

Secular Opposition Leader Jailed Again on Speech Charge

Protesters hold pictures of political prisoner Ebrahim Sharif as they participate in a protest held in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama, Bahrain on December 22, 2012.

January 27, 2016 News Release

Bahrain: Torture Allegations Expose Sham Reforms

Prosecutions, Unfair Trials for Exercising Free Speech

Demonstrators in Manama, Bahrain’s capital, hold placards of torture victims during a sit-in next to the United Nations building organized by the political opposition to mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, 2014. © 201

December 22, 2015 News Release

Gulf Countries: Bid to Protect Migrant Workers

Construction Firms Should Adopt New Guidelines

Drawn by the promise of jobs, thousands of men from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal are working on Saadiyat Island in the United Arab Emirates.

December 14, 2015 News Release

Bahrain: Travel Ban on Rights Activist

Criticized Torture, Yemen Bombing Campaign

December 1, 2015 Commentary

Where is the Outrage on David Cameron’s Scandal in the Gulf?

The UAE, we now know, was busy planning its own operation against Muslim Brotherhood affiliates at home while urging David Cameron to do the same in Britain.

November 22, 2015 News Release

Bahrain: Detainees Tortured, Abused

New Safeguards to Stem Mistreatment Lack Independence

Bahrain, Manama - Sit-in next to the United Nations building in the capital Manama organized by Bahrain opposition in the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, 2014.

August 25, 2015 News Release

Bahrain: Opposition Leader’s Trial Grossly Unfair

4-Year Term for ‘Insulting’ Government, Advocating Freedom of Assembly

Protesters hold photos of Sheikh Ali Salman, Bahrain's main opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq Islamic Society, as they march asking for his release in the village of Jidhafs, west of Manama, in Bahrain on June 16, 2015.

July 16, 2015 Statement

Human Rights Watch Testimony at Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Corruption, Global Magnitsky, and Modern Slavery

A Review of Human Rights Around the World

July 16, 2015 Letter

Joint NGO Letter: Human Rights Situation in Bahrain

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council

Protesters hold posters with pictures of political activist Ibrahim Sharif and other political prisoners as they march to demand their release during a rally organized by Bahrain's main opposition group Al Wifaq in Al A'aali village, Bahrain on November 1

July 15, 2015 News Release

Bahrain: Release Rights Activists

US Should Reverse Decision to Lift Arms Restrictions

July 2, 2015 News Release

US/Bahrain: Bad Move to Resume Arms Sales

Few Steps Toward Reform; New Jail Terms for Critics

Protesters holding photos of Bahrain's main opposition leader Ali Salman march during an anti-government protest in the village of Diraz, west of Manama, Bahrain on June 12, 2015.

May 22, 2015 News Release

EU: Seek Release of Gulf Activists

Hundreds Imprisoned for Peaceful Criticism in GCC Countries

May 12, 2015 News Release

GCC/US: Obama Should Press Gulf Rulers for Reform

Meeting Set to Discuss Partnership, Security

May 6, 2015 News Release

Bahrain: Allegations of Severe Prisoner Abuse

Investigate Alleged Ill-Treatment After Unrest

May 5, 2015 Letter

Letter to President Obama Regarding Human Rights Concerns in Gulf Cooperation Council States

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