Bahrain

1.3 million people
15,920 USD GNI (PPP)
Internet:
Not Free
Press:
Not Free
Not Free

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Bahrain Continues Harassment and Imprisonment of Human Rights Defenders

August 12, 2016

Chairman of Bahrain Interfaith Sheikh Maytham Al Salman has been called in for questioning by authorities on August 14, 2016, and may face arrest. 
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Bahrain: Zainab al Khawaja Sentenced over King’s Photo

October 22, 2015

Freedom House issued the following statement after a court in Bahrain upheld the year-long prison sentence of human rights activist Zainab al Khawaja for tearing up a photograph of Bahrain’s King Hamad.
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US Wrongly Resumes Military Aid to Bahrain

June 30, 2015

Freedom House issued the following statement in response to the United States announcing its resumption of military aid to Bahrain.
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Abdulhadi al-Khawaja

Bahrain Should Immediately Release Abdulhadi al-Khawaja

March 17, 2015

In response to Bahrain's continued imprisonment of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Freedom House issued the following statement:

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Evaluation of 2008-2011 UN Human Rights Council Candidates

On May 21, 2008, the UN General Assembly will elect 15 new Human Rights Council members. Twenty countries are candidates. Freedom House and UN Watch evaluated each candidate’s suitability for election to the Human Rights Council by examining its record of human rights protection at home and its record of human rights promotion at the UN.

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