ICSFT remains to be seriously concerned about the situation in Bahrain and condemns in the strongest terms the widespread attacks, atrocities, killings, violations and abuses of human rights perpetrated by the government.

We are particularly concerned by the ongoing discrimination perpetrated by the Bahraini government against the country’s majority Shia population and dissidents calling for political and human rights reform. This discrimination affects nearly every aspect of life, ranging across religious, social, political and cultural rights, and is marked by the government’s targeting of Shia leaders and clerics. The government has moved to suppress Shia religious, social, and cultural symbols and figures by targeting Shia leaders and clerics; arresting, detaining, and sometimes deporting them.

This disturbing trend has continued with the ongoing harassment and detention of prominent Shia religious figures, and targeted religious commemorations around the Ashura holiday

Please find attached the press release

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ICSFT PR ON BAHRAIN (1)