Category Archives: Countries

39 French Parliamentarians Call on Bahrain not to Execute two Torture Victims

39 French Parliamentarians wrote to the Government of Bahrain on 23 July 2020, calling on [...]

Bahrain: Halt Executions of 2 Men Unfairly Convicted

Originally posted to the Human Rights Watch website, July 23 2020, 16 Rights Groups Issue [...]

Bahrain: Torture victims at risk of execution in Bahrain following court ruling

13 July 2020 – Bahrain’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, has confirmed the reimposition [...]

Oman | A State free of expression?

“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to [...]

Kuwait | The Life of Overseas Migrant Workers

From Kuwait’s total population of 4.6 million people, over 3 million are migrant nationals from [...]

Saudi Arabia | The end of the death penalty for minors

Saudi Arabia, which for many years now has been at the top of the executioner [...]

Stateless ‘Bidoons’ in Kuwait

            In Kuwait, one of the world’s richest countries, there [...]

Cybersecurity in the UAE

During the 21st century, and particularly during the 2010s, the issue of cybersecurity has become [...]

Bahraini prisoners amid COVID-19 outbreak

Political Prisoners amid Covid-19 outbreak On 6 April 2020, ECDHR along with 21 human rights [...]

GCC Countries and Migrant Workers: Background Facts

The presence of migrant workers in the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), [...]