Information Minister: HRW Report
‘ Misleading and Unbalanced’

Bahraini Information Minister, Isa Al-Hammadi, stressed that the Government continues to work in cooperation with its international partners, to promote human rights and legislative development, through independent national institutions, that have been established by the Government during the past few years, due to its desire to promote the rights of individuals and to prevent any extrajudicial practices. He pointed out that Bahrain rejects working with politicized watchdogs which work through an agenda aimed at defaming the Kingdom.

He added that Bahrain is in no need for organisations that issue ‘one- sided’ reports, describing HRW’s report as “misleading, unbalanced, controversially drafted and based on false information”.

Minister Al-Hammadi said that independent national watchdogs have been established in Bahrain for probing any alleged illegal practices involving detainees, inmates or others. He added that Bahrain has cooperated with Human Rights Watch and provided it with information, which is virtually the only fact mentioned in the report.