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Pope Francis should press Bahrain to end its human rights abuses when he visits the country from November 3 to 6, 2022.

A SCOTTISH MP has spoken of his horror at how Britain is paying £1.8 million a year to fund policing institutions in Bahrain where prisoners are…

In a joint report, two rights groups allege torture and coercion were used to obtain confessions.

The 61-page report, “‘The Court is Satisfied with the Confession’: Bahrain Death Sentences Follow Torture, Sham Trials,” based primarily on court records and other official documents, found serious and persistent human rights violations underlying the convictions and death sentences of cases of eight men examined for the report. The men are among 26 who are currently on death row, their appeals exhausted. Trial and appeal courts cavalierly dismissed credible allegations of torture and ill-treatment during interrogation instead of investigating them, as required by international and Bah...

Report alleges that Bahraini courts convicted and sentenced defendants to death following unfair trials and confessions coerced through torture