Bahrain

Joint Statement: Bahrain’s 146th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly

Scholars at Risk joined Human Rights Watch and 20 other human rights organizations in urging Parliamentarians to publicly raise human rights and political freedom concerns in Bahrain ahead of the 146th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly. The IPU Assembly is scheduled

Joint Letter: Free Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace after a year and half of hunger strike

Scholars at Risk joined 21 organizations in calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace. Today, Dr. Al-Singace’s turns 61, marking the 12th birthday he has spent in custody. Dr. Al-Singace has now been on a hunger

Joint Letter to Bahrain King: Free 400-day hunger striker Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace

Scholars at Risk joins 14 organizations in calling Bahraini authorities to release Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace as he reaches the 400th day of his hunger strike. King of Bahrain, Shaikh Hamad bin ‘Issa Al Khalifa Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Shaikh

Bahrain: Request for support to free imprisoned human rights defender Dr Abduljalil AlSingace, on hunger strike since July 2021

Scholars at Risk joined 26 human rights organizations in sending the below letter to US, UK, German, and EU governments to raise Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace’s case with Bahraini authorities. Dr. Al-Singace’s health has severely worsened as he quickly approaches the

Free Dr. Abdul Jalil Al-Singace on 100th day of hunger strike

Today marks Dr. Abdul Jalil Al-Singace’s 100th day on a hunger strike in Jau Prison, Bahrain. For the past ten years, Dr. Al-Singace has been serving a life sentence for his nonviolent participation in a pro-democracy protest in 2011. Dr.

Release and ensure rights of wrongfully convicted scholar-activist Khalil Al-Halwachi

Today, a coalition of five human rights organizations expressed grave concern over the lack of due process rights and inhumane treatment of Khalil Al-Halwachi, a Bahraini scholar of engineering and an activist, who has been convicted and sentenced to ten