HRW demands releasing Bahraini opposition activists
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On the National Day of Bahrain, Human Rights Watch has taken the opportunity to criticize the state for one of the highest incarceration rates per capita.
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Opposition leaders arrested for pro-democracy protests
Human Rights Watch called on Bahraini authorities to release detained opposition leaders on the National Day of Bahrain.
According to Michael Page, the Deputy Middle East Director at Human Rights Watch, “Bahraini political activists and rights defenders who should not have spent a single day in detention have languished in prison for over a decade.”
Bahrain: Free Leading Opposition Activists https://t.co/qwuoJRJvND
— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) December 13, 2021
In a tweet on its Arabic account, HRW asked, "Did you know that Bahrain has one of the highest incarceration rates per capita in the Middle East?"
The organization expressed its concern for the health and wellbeing of those being held in Bahraini prisons.
Two weeks ago, Bahraini regions witnessed peaceful demonstrations in the towns of Al-Markh, Al-Nuwaidrat, and Damistan, protesting normalization with the Israeli occupation and demanding the release of political prisoners.
The people of the town of Al-Markh demanded the immediate release of the political detainees, stressing their solidarity with the Palestinian people, and their rejection of normalization with the Israeli occupation.
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Human Rights violations in Bahrain
Additionally, the Italian authorities expressed deep concern over the human rights violations conducted by the Bahraini government, indicating their intention to raise the issue before the European Union, stressing that this is of prime importance to Italy.
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Italian government, Marina Sereni, along with other representatives, encouraged Bahraini officials to protect human rights. Sereni recently visited Manama on November 17, sounding the alarm about the violations carried out by the Bahraini government.
Sereni stressed that the Italian authorities are aware of the issues raised, particularly regarding civil and political rights, the prison system, torture, and inhumane treatment.
She asserted that the implementation of the death penalty is very worrying.
Earlier, human rights activists and members of the British House of Commons demanded the immediate release of the Bahraini academic Abdul Jalil Al-Singace, who is on hunger strike in Bahraini prisons, and all political prisoners. The participants also denounced the British government's complicity with the Manama government in its condoning of the grave violations of human rights in Bahrain.
