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Iran: Deadly Drone Strikes on Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Should Be Investigated as War Crimes - New Research
Iranian air strikes killed and injured civilians in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in violation of international humanitarian law.
June 17, 2026
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Gulf States: Phone Searches, Arrests Exacerbate Existing Restrictions on Trade Unions, Expression
June 11, 2026
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Gulf States: More Than 1,000 Arrested in Sweeping War-Related Crackdown on Expression
In a bid to protect their glossy image as safe havens, Gulf states have used a heavy-handed authoritarian approach to…
June 1, 2026
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Human rights in the Middle East and North Africa: A review of 2018
The international community’s chilling complacency towards wide-scale human rights violations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has emboldened…
February 26, 2019
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No one can protect you: Bahrain’s year of crushing dissent
A new report published by Amnesty International today sheds light on the repressive tactics used by the Bahraini government over…
September 6, 2017
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Bahrain: Human rights defender charged with terrorism
The Bahraini authorities’ decision to bring terrorism charges against Ebtissam al-Saegh, a human rights defender detained since July 3, 2017,…
July 19, 2017
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Secretary Tillerson Visit to Gulf Must Not Greenlight More Abuses Against Human Rights Defenders
Today, Secretary Tillerson is meeting with senior foreign officials in Saudi Arabia. This is the latest leg of a week-long…
July 12, 2017
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Bahrain: Jail term for human rights defender Nabeel Rajab exposes authorities’ relentless campaign to wipe out dissent
The sentencing of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, in his absence, to two years in prison for TV interviews is…
July 10, 2017
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Bahrain heading for ‘total suppression’ of human rights as secular opposition group banned
Bahrain’s dissolution of a major political opposition society is the latest troubling move in its blatant campaign to end all…
May 31, 2017
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Suspending Human Rights Restrictions on U.S. Arms Sale to Bahrain Sends Dangerous Message
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will reportedly lift human rights conditions on an arms sale to Bahrain, despite that country’s…
March 30, 2017
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Bahrain: Opposition leader condemned to nine years in prison following unfair and arbitrary verdict
A nine year prison sentence against the Bahraini opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, was upheld today by a Bahraini Appeal…
December 12, 2016
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Window-dressing or pioneers of change? An assessment of Bahrain’s human rights oversight bodies
Five years after Bahrain’s 2011 uprising, which saw peaceful protesters beaten, shot, and killed in the streets, key reforms introduced…
November 18, 2016