GENEVA (16 June 2017) – A group of United Nations human rights experts has urged the Government of Bahrain to halt its orchestrated crackdown on civil society. “Over the past year, there has been a sharp deterioration of the human rights situation in the country,” the experts* said. “This has included unacceptable restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, freedom of association and peaceful assembly, aimed at muzzling any discordant voice and suppressing dissent.”
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 16 June 2017. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
