Opinions - SALAM DHR

Torture in death penalty in Bahrain

Speech delivered by our colleague Livia Tufano at the 2023 General Assembly of the World ...

24
Jun

Saudi-Iranian Détente – What it Could Mean for Human Rights in Bahrain

Dr Andrew McIntosh – SALAM DHR Director of Research and Studies The Kingdom of Saudi ...

23
Mar

Identity in Exile: National Belonging and Cultural Hegemony in the Bahraini Diaspora

By Andrew McIntosh & Jawad Fairooz A paper presented in SEPAD annual conference ‘What does ...

19
Dec

Supporting Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain: Could the United States do More?

Article by Sarika Ali, Advocacy Intern at Salam DHR Over the last decade, the Kingdom ...

07
Jul

The Seventh year of Sheikh Ali Salman’s Arbitrary Detention

Sheikh Ali Salman, head of Al-Wefaq Society, the largest opposition bloc in Bahrain, is serving ...

26
Dec

Liquid Nationality and Fixed Precarity in Bahrain

Andrew McIntosh & Jawad Fairooz The aftermath of the Bahrain’s Arab Spring, the Pearl Uprising, ...

17
Dec

Sheikh Ali Salman – Victim of a Miscarriage of Justice in Bahrain

By Dr. Reema Shaalan Sheikh Ali Salman’s wife,, prisoner of conscience sentenced to life imprisonment ...

04
Nov

Women Are a Voice Not an Echo

By: Eman Shamseddin Talking about women’s equality has to occur on many different levels, since ...

15
Mar

Biden and Yemen – what does it mean for Bahrain?

Biden and Yemen – what does it mean for Bahrain? By: Ethan Sykes* On 4th ...

22
Feb

Bahrain – Government must stop targeting of lawyers including Abdulla al-Shamlawi by way of long standing, unfair restrictions on freedom of expression

London / Beirut – 7 February 2021 Bahrain – Government must stop targeting of lawyers ...

07
Feb

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