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» In-depth » Bahrain Roundup 2021
  • 2021 Panorama: Unabated Normalization with Israel, 25 Bahraini Normalization Steps
    2023-10-06

    Despite Bahrain's announcement of normalizing relations with Israel in 2020, the normalization steps taken in 2021 were numerous, totaling approximately 25 normalization steps. Not a month passed without Bahrain taking new normalization measures with the Israeli entity, accumulating around 25 normalization steps throughout the year.

  • 2021 Panorama: 49 Violations against Media Freedom and Tweeters, 31 Summonses, 6 Arrests and 7 Judicial Measures
    2023-10-06

    In 2021, Bahrain witnessed 49 violations against freedom of media, opinion, and expression, with half of these incidents related to Internet cases, specifically 26 cases. As revealed by the annual monitoring conducted by Bahrain Press Association (BPA), the majority of documented cases involved summonses for interrogation at police centers and public prosecution.

  • 2021 Panorama: Bahrain's 2021 Ashura Turns into Security Season Targeting Shiite Citizens
    2023-10-06

    The Ashura season of 2021 in Bahrain unfolded against a backdrop of heightened security measures that seemed to target the Shiite community. Commencing in August, the authorities implemented strict measures and stringent conditions, restricting the commemoration of Ashura rituals.

  • 2021 Panorama: Detained Academic Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace Completes 177 Days of Hunger Strike, Authorities Ignore His Demands
    2023-10-06

    In July 2021, detained academic Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace went on an open hunger strike in protest against the confiscation of one of his researches by an official in Jaw Prison and the continuous mistreatment he is subjected to.

  • 2021 Panorama: Bahrain, Al-Ula Agreement's Biggest Loser after Qatari Indifference
    2023-10-06

    The aftermath of the Al-Ula summit in early 2021, signaling the end of the Gulf dispute with Qatar, did not bring about the expected reconciliation between Bahrain and Qatar.

  • 2021 Panorama: Deaths of Barakat and Malullah, Coronavirus Outbreak, Hunger Strikes, Attacks and Medical Negligence in Bahraini Prisons
    2023-10-06

    The plight of detainees in Bahrain's prisons was far from an improvement over preceding years. A disturbing narrative unfolded in 2021, revealing deliberate medical negligence, a severe Coronavirus outbreak, hunger strikes, physical attacks, and a lack of humane treatment within the confines of the Dry Dock and Jaw Central prisons.

  • 2021 Panorama: Ayatollah Qassim Calls on Opposition to Unify Stance, Rejects Attempts to Obstruct Meeting Embracing All Parties
    2022-02-14

    Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim issued (September 18, 2021) a statement calling on the opposition to unify their stance, in the face of government projects that seek to pass "weak formal reforms" and eliminate key demands.

  • 2021 Panorama: Systematic Medical Negligence Leads to Martyrdom of Number of Prisoners, Health of Mushaima and Al-Moqdad Deteriorates
    2022-02-10

    In 2021, systematic official medical negligence killed political and non-political prisoners. Meanwhile, the appeals of the families of sick prisoners and human rights activists were made to no avail.

  • 2021 Panorama: Death Claims Poet Ghazi Al-Haddad, Senior Scholars Offer Condolences
    2022-02-06

    Poet Ghazi Al-Haddad passed away on Tuesday (June 22, 2021) after a struggle with a disease that lasted for 2 years.

  • 2021 Panorama: Coronavirus Claims Lives of 1,036, Infects More than 188,000
    2022-02-05

    2021 was a hard year on Bahrainis following the Coronavirus outbreak and the infection of more than 188,000 throughout the year.

  • 2021 Panorama: Haj Mohammad Fathi, Eulogy Reciter Sayed Amir Al-Mousawi Die Abroad
    2022-01-31

    2021 was a saddening and harsh year for the families of two Bahrainis, who were stripped of their citizenships and forcibly deported. Haj Mohammad Fathi and eulogy reciter Sayed Amir Al-Mousawi died abroad and far from their families.

  • 2021 Panorama: Bahraini Gov't Persecutes Al-Wefaq Abroad following Press Conference in Beirut
    2022-01-25

    In an attempt to strain the Gulf-Lebanese atmosphere, the Bahraini authorities protested against a press conference held by Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society in Beirut on human rights in Bahrain.

  • 2021 Panorama: Economic Recovery Plan Increases VAT and Environmental Damages
    2022-01-25

    The government of Bahrain announced (November 1, 2021) an economic recovery plan after the failure of a similar plan it launched late 2018.

  • 2021 Panorama: Global Scandal of Israel's Pegasus Program Reveals spying on 9 Bahraini Dissidents
    2022-01-21

    The Citizen Lab issued on Tuesday (August 24, 2021) a report on the Bahraini government spying on the activists' phone through iPhone spyware by the Israeli NSO group for technology.

  • 2021 Panorama: Executioner Badr Al-Gaith's Death Brings back Images of Torture of Martyrs and Prisoners
    2022-01-17

    On November 1, 2021, the head of the General Directorate of Anti-corruption and Economic and Electronic Security, lieutenant General Badr Al-Gaith (1981-2021), one of the officers involved in torture cases, dies.

  • 2021 Panorama: After a Decade in Prison, Pervez's Released, Authorities Hide His Medical Condition
    2022-01-14

    The security authorities released prominent political dissident Mohammad Jawad Pervez on April 9, 2021, as part of the alternative penalty law, after he spent more than a decade in prison.

  • 2021 Panorama: Normalization without a People (Editorial)
    2022-01-14

    On December 27, 1947, the political agent in the Gulf, Rupert Hay, wrote confidential letter S223 entitled "Unrests against Events in Palestine". He said; "the political agent visited the Shaikh [Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa] with the adviser and expressed his regret that the rioting had happened...



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  • Bahrain's Alba Says Europe Wary of ordering Aluminium for Next Year
  • Int’l HR Activists to Bahrain Mirror: Nabeel Rajab’s Sentence Warning to those who Speak against Gov’t, Trajectory of Bahrain under Ruling Family is for Instability not Stability
  • Activists to Bahrain Mirror on UPR: US Stance Surprising, UK's Stance like any Arab Country
  • “Takrooz” Reveals Himself: I’m a State Not a Person, I Don’t Leave a Word Unspoken
  • Rayhana Al-Mosawi Opens Up to Bahrain Mirror about Her Prison Woes: I Was Questioned by Emirati Officers & Stripped by Policewomen
  • Dr. Masoud Jahromi in Interview with Bahrain Mirror: I Waved Goodbye to the One who Deported Me
  • Bahrain Mirror Interviews Mahdi Abu Dheeb: Well-known Journalist, Activist & TV Director Filmed My Forced Confession
  • Bahrain Mirror’s All-Inclusive Interview with Ibrahim Sharif: While Tortured, I Thought of the Popular Front & Abdulrahman al-Nuaimi
  • Appeals Court Upholds 2-Year Jail Verdict against Mohammad Al-Zayani
  • Only 3-Year Prison Term Handed Down to Three Bahrainis who Joined ISIS
  • Bahraini Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison, Charged with Throwing Molotov Cocktail at Police Car
  • Bahrain Court Fines 5 Members of Prisoners' Families 1,000 BD Each for Violating Ban on Gatherings
  • Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Ansari Receives 6-Month Jail Term over Religious Lecture
  • Cassation Court Upholds One-Year Jail Term against Sheikh Abdulmohsen Al-Jamri over Religious Lecture
  • Death Sentence against 3 Asians over Deliberate Murder
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