Category Archives: Advocacy

Le Monde: Fear over growing frustration of the Shia majority in Bahrain in the light of their spiritual leader’s prosecution

The prominent human rights defender Sheikh Maitham Al Salman told Le Monde, one the most...

07
May
Sheikh Isa Qassim Trial In Absentia Postponed to ​21 May

The forth high criminal court today postponed the trial of Sheikh Isa Qassim, the most...

07
May
NGOs address the King of Bahrain in a letter ahead of Sheikh Isa Qassem’s trial

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07
May
UN Special Rapporteurs Highlight Alarming Level of Discrimination Against Shia in Bahrain

Mandates of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights; the Special Rapporteur on...

02
Mar
Advocate for Peace Award to Sheikh Maytham Al Salman

Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP) is proud to issue its 2015 Advocate...

08
Oct
Bahraini Clerics sign a petition directed to the United Nations

The chairman of Islamic Council of Scholars, Sayed Majeed Al Mashael, launched a clerics’ petition...

06
Feb
The Bahraini court shuts the biggest Shia foundation for clerics

The biggest and only independent Shia foundation for clerics was dissolved today by court in...

29
Jan
Bahrain Forces Attack Imam Sadiq Mosque in Salmabad

The Bahraini regime’s attacks on mosques has risen sharply since the beginning of the Holy...

19
Jul
Bahraini Forces Attacked Holy Mausoleum of Prominent Shia Philosopher

Sheikh Maytham Al Salman, Head of Religious Freedom Unit in the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory...

30
Jun
Urgent Appeal to the United Nations

This is an urgent appeal to the United Nations on the Bahraini Government’s announcement to...

27
Jun