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Procedures to Release Detainees Took more than 20 Hours
2022-01-28
Human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that the procedures to release detainees took more than 20 hours, dubbing these measures "exhausting".
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Why We Should Fear for Ahmed Jaafar's Life
2022-01-27
All indications raise concerns about the safety of Ahmed Jaafar, 49, after Bahrain received him following his deportation from Serbia, and nothing can ease these fears until he is allowed to meet his family and his lawyer is allowed to attend his interrogation sessions.
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BCHR Concerned about Serbia's Extradition of Dissident Ahmed Jaafar to Bahrain
2022-01-27
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expressed deep concern about the Serbian government's extradition of Bahraini dissident Ahmed Jaafar to Bahrain.
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MoI Called Ahmed Jaafar's Family, Handed them his Personal Belongings and Told them He was Transferred to "Dry Dock Prison"
2022-01-26
Bahraini activists said that Ahmed Jaafar's family received a call on Tuesday morning from the security services at 10:30 a.m. and asked them to come to receive his personal belongings from the Criminal Investigation Bureau.
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Extradition of Bahraini Dissident to Manama Shows that Serbia has no Real Security or Sovereignty of Law: Serbian lawyer
2022-01-26
Lawyer Sonja Toskovic from the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights said that Serbia breached international and domestic human rights obligations by deporting a Bahraini national to his home country despite an interim ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.
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7 Detainees Released under Alternative Penal Code
2022-01-26
The Bahraini authorities released 7 political detainees, who have served more than three quarters of their prison terms, under the alternative penal code.
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Ahmed Jaafar Extradition Represents First Case of Its Kind since Election of Emirati General Al-Raisi to Interpol Presidency: The Guardian
2022-01-26
The British "The Guardian" newspaper said that the Serbian authorities have extradited a Bahraini dissident, Ahmed Jaafar, in cooperation with Interpol despite an injunction by the European court of human rights, in the first test for the international policing organization.
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Middle East Eye: Serbia Ignored ECHR Ruling by Extraditing Ahmed Jaafar to Bahrain
2022-01-26
Serbia extradited Bahraini political dissident Ahmed Jaafar Mohamed Ali after Serbian officials responded to an Interpol red notice request from the kingdom, despite a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) specifically forbidding this.
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UAE Summons People for Sharing Videos of Missile Attack Interception
2022-01-26
The United Arab Emirates public prosecutors' office said on Wednesday it had summoned several people for sharing videos showing defence systems intercepting Monday's missile attack by Yemen's Houthi movement.
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Photographer Ahmad Hmaidan Released after 9 Years in Prison
2022-01-25
The Bahraini authorities released on Tuesday (January 25, 2022) photographer Ahmad Hmaidan within the alternative penal code.
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Supreme Council for Women an Official Platform for whitewashing Violations against Bahraini Women: HR Report
2022-01-25
Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain launched a new report entitled "Women's rights in Bahrain... Postponed dreams". The report says that the Supreme Council for Women is an official platform for whitewashing violations against Bahraini women.
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Ahmed Jaafar Called his Family, Told them He is in Notorious Criminal Investigation Building
2022-01-25
Ahmed Jaafar Ali called his family and told them that he is in the criminal investigation building, a building where torture and violation of detainees' rights are repeated.
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2021 Panorama: Bahraini Gov't Persecutes Al-Wefaq Abroad following Press Conference in Beirut
2022-01-25
In an attempt to strain the Gulf-Lebanese atmosphere, the Bahraini authorities protested against a press conference held by Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society in Beirut on human rights in Bahrain.
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2021 Panorama: Economic Recovery Plan Increases VAT and Environmental Damages
2022-01-25
The government of Bahrain announced (November 1, 2021) an economic recovery plan after the failure of a similar plan it launched late 2018.
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10 NGOs: Death Sentences against Two Bahraini Citizens in Saudi Arabia Arbitrary Contravention of Application of Domestic Laws
2022-01-25
A joint statement issued by 10 human rights organizations said that the death sentences issued by the Saudi Criminal Court against Bahraini citizens Jaafar Muhammad Ali Muhammad Juma Sultan, and Sadiq Majeed Abdul Rahim Ibrahim Thamer, a transgression of spatial jurisdiction by the Saudi judiciary.
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Bahraini Activist Monitors Route of Private Emirati Plane that Transported Ahmed Jaafar to Bahrain
2022-01-25
London-based activist Yousef Al-Jamri published the route of the plane, which is expected to transport Ahmed Jaafar from Serbia to Bahrain. One of the aviation sites shows the route of a private Emirati plane that took off at 5:10 a.m. from the Serbian capital Belgrade and landed in Manama at 11:11 a.m.
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MoI Announces Receiving Dissident Ahmed Jaafar, Says He is Sentenced to 3 Life-Imprisonment Terms, 10 Years Detention
2022-01-25
The Bahraini Interior Ministry officially announced receiving dissident Bahraini, Ahmed Jaffar Mohammed Ali, 49, from Serbia.
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BFHR Condemns War Crimes Committed by Saudi-UAE-Led Coalition in Yemen
2022-01-25
The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights condemned the brutal bombing led by the Saudi coalition against the Yemeni people.
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Serbia Hands Ahmed Jaafar over to Bahrain
2022-01-24
The Serbian authorities have handed over a Bahraini dissident wanted by the Manama authorities, Ahmed Jaafar, from Al-Daih, despite a decision by the European Court of Human Rights to suspend his extradition.
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Serbia Hands Ahmed Jaafar over to Bahrain
2022-01-24
The Serbian authorities have handed over a Bahraini dissident wanted by the Manama authorities, Ahmed Jaafar, from Al-Daih, despite a decision by the European Court of Human Rights to suspend his extradition.