Urgent resolution calls for an end to human rights violations in Bahrain, and the release of all those detained for exercising their right to freedom of expression.
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Protesters grieve after the death of a political prisoner who had not received treatment in jail, in Sanabis, west of the capital Manama, Bahrain, 17 March 2017, Sayed Baqer AlKamel/NurPhoto via Getty Images An ongoing outbreak of Covid-19 in Bahrain s prisons has underscored the urgent need to release all of the country s political prisoners.
This statement was originally published on gc4hr.org on 19 April 2021.
While welcoming the release of some prisoners of conscience in Bahrain as Ramadan begins, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the authorities to release all human rights defenders, activists and protesters who are in prison in violation of their rights to freedom of expression and assembly.