3 minute read Protesters grieve after the death of a political prisoner who had not received treatment in jail, in Sanabis, west of the capital Manama, Bahrain, 17 March 2017, Sayed Baqer AlKamel/NurPhoto via Getty Images An ongoing outbreak of Covid-19 in Bahrain's prisons has underscored the urgent need to release all of the country's political prisoners. This statement was originally published on gc4hr.org on 19 April 2021. While welcoming the release of some prisoners of conscience in Bahrain as Ramadan begins, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the autho...