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Kingdom of Bahrain
Citizenship and Country Documents
US Government Reports
- State Department - Country Documents
Foreign Government Reports
- Australian Refugee Review Tribunal
- BHR30997 – December 2006
- Are passports issued to persons from an early age in Bahrain?
- Are new passports issued at specific intervals in Bahrain?
- When are passports renewed in Bahrain?
- BHR30997 – December 2006
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- BHR42505.E - Whether a woman born in Bahrain to an Iranian father and a Bahrain mother and who left Bahrain in 1998 can obtain Bahrain citizenship - April 2004
- BHR104927.E - Requirements and procedures for a foreigner to sponsor themselves for a residency permit, including procedures for renewal and cancellation; rights available to a foreigner with a selfsponsored residency permit, including crossborder mobility, access to education, employment, and social services such as health care - July 2014
Children
US Government Reports
Department of Labor - Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor - 2021, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
Elections
US Government Reports
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- CRS Report Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy - Elections - 2018
- CRS Report Bahrain: Unrest, Security, and U.S. Policy – April 2021
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Elections Guide - Recent Elections
Gender
US Government Reports
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Issues for Congress – 2021
- Bahrain: Unrest, Security, and U.S. Policy – April 2021
- Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy - Women's Rights - 2018
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- Bahrain: Women and Children Subject to Increasing Abuse - July 1996
- Human Rights Watch
Human Rights
US Government Reports
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 , 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
- CRS Report Bahrain: Unrest, Security, and U.S. Policy – April 2021
Foreign Government Reports
- Australian Refugee Review Tribunal
- BHR34946 - June 2009
- Please provide information about the arrest of political activists around 1996, in particular whether an activist would have been tried and sentenced if he was in detention for three years?
- Please provide any information about continued harassment by the authorities today, of those who have been detained in the past?
- BHR34946 - June 2009
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- BHR100629.E - Demonstrations held in Manama on 29 and 30 October 2004; numbers and treatment of those arrested and detained; whether those detained have been released; any court or legal action taken against those who participated in these demonstrations or whether they currently face any related charges - October 2005
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International Reports: The state of the World’s Human Right - Apr. 2024, 2022/2023, 2022/21, 2019, 2017/18
- Amnesty International Global Report: Death Sentences and Executions – 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019
- Amnesty International
- Window-dressing or Pioneers of Change? An Assessment of Bahrain's Human Rights Oversight Bodies – Nov. 2016
- Behind the rhetoric: Human rights abuses in Bahrain continue unabated - April 2015
- Reform shelved, repression unleashed - November 2012
- Flawed reforms: Bahrain fails to achieve justice for protesters - April 2012
- Bloodied But Unbowed: Unwarranted state violence against Bahraini protesters - March 2011
- Crackdown in Bahrain: Human Rights at the Crossroads - February 2011
- Freedom House - Freedom in the World - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
- Transnational Repression Report - 2021
- Human Rights Watch - 2022/21
- World Event: 2023
- Human Rights Watch Profiles
- “Interfere, Restrict, Control” Restraints on Freedom of Association in Bahrain - June 2013
- Torture Redux The Revival of Physical Coercion during Interrogations in Bahrain - February 2010
- Routine Abuse, Routine Denial: Civil Rights and the Political Crisis in Bahrain - June 1997
Justice System
Foreign Government Reports
- Australian Refugee Review Tribunal
- BHR34946 - June 2009
- Please provide information about the arrest of political activists around 1996, in particular whether an activist would have been tried and sentenced if he was in detention for three years?
- BHR34946 - June 2009
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Amnesty International
- Human Rights Watch Report - 2022/21
- Human Rights Watch
- The Blood of People Who Don’t Cooperate: Continuing Serious Mistreatment of Detainees in Bahrain - November 2015
- Criminalizing Dissent, Entrenching Impunity: Persistent Failures of the Bahraini Justice System Since the BICI Report - May 2014
- No Justice in Bahrain: Unfair Trials in Military and Civilian Courts - February 2012
- For a Better Life: Migrant Worker Abuse in Bahrain and the Government Reform Agenda - October 2012
Law
Foreign Government Reports
- Australian Refugee Review Tribunal
- BHR34946 - June 2009
- Please provide information about a 1994 petition calling for nullification of state security law, reinstatement of the 1973 constitution and the return of the dissolved elected parliament?
- BHR34946 - June 2009
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Maps
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Medical Availability
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Human Rights Watch
- Targets of Retribution Attacks against Medics, Injured Protesters, and Health Facilities - July 2011
- World Health Organization - Webpage
Political Figures and Parties
US Government Reports
- CIA - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) - Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy - Political Groups - 2018
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) - Bahrain: Unrest, Security, and U.S. Policy - April 2021
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) - Bahrain: Issues for U.S. Policy - March 2022
Religion
US Government Reports
- Department of State International Religious Freedom Report - 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom - 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
- United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Special Reports
Sexual Orientation
Foreign Government Reports
Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
BHR105575.E - Situation of sexual minorities, including societal attitudes and treatment by authorities - July 2016
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Human Rights Watch Report - 2022/21
Specific Country Issues - Protest / Uprising
US Government Reports
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- CRS Report Bahrain: Unrest, Security, and U.S. Policy – April 2021
Foreign Government Reports
- Australian Refugee Review Tribunal
- BHR32705 - December 2007
- Please provide any information on demonstrations in June 1996 or on 15 April 2007 where people were arrested.
- Was there a large demonstration at Al Saif in Al Manama in 2002?
- BHR32705 - December 2007
- Canada Responses to Information Requests (RIRs)
- BHR100629.E - Demonstrations held in Manama on 29 and 30 October 2004; numbers and treatment of those arrested and detained; whether those detained have been released; any court or legal action taken against those who participated in these demonstrations or whether they currently face any related charges - October 2005
Specific Country Issues - Treatment of Returnees
Foreign Government Reports
- Australian Refugee Review Tribunal
- BHR34946 - June 2009
- Please provide information on any arrest or detention of Bahrainis returning from overseas travel on the basis of being involved in terrorist plots or training against the Sunni elite?
- BHR34946 - June 2009
Speech / Press / Internet
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Freedom House
- Human Rights Watch Report - 2022/21
Timeline
Media
Trafficking
US Government Reports
- Trafficking in Persons Report - 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
- Congressional Research Service
Terrorism
US Government Reports
Torture
Non-Government Organization Reports
- Human Rights Watch
- Torture Redux The Revival of Physical Coercion during Interrogations in Bahrain - February 2010
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