Bahrain refused to join the UN Human Rights Council.
Following critics’ warnings about human rights violations in Bahrain, it was announced that Bahrain will not participate in the elections for membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council.
The United Nations Human Rights Council election website announced that Bahrain withdrew its candidacy for a three-year seat on the Geneva-based council on September 26.
According to Al-Quds Al-Arabi report, after critics warned about human rights violations in Bahrain, it was announced that Bahrain will not participate in the elections related to the membership of the UN Human Rights Council, but more details about this The topic has not been announced.
In the continuation of Al-Quds al-Arabi report, Bahrain, which is the host of the US’s fifth naval fleet, has arrested and imprisoned thousands of Bahraini protesters, journalists and activists since the beginning of anti-government protests in this country in 2011; Bahrain says it only prosecutes those who have committed a crime according to the law and does not accept any criticism from the United Nations and others about the trial process and the conditions of detention of protesters.
Not long ago, a Lebanese newspaper wrote that the poor conditions of political prisoners in Bahrain have reached such a level that some European representatives have called for sanctions against the Bahraini government.
In an article quoted by a European legal source, the Lebanese newspaper “Al-Bana” wrote that the issue of political detainees in Bahrain is higher than the European Union can remain silent about.
This source said that the number of political prisoners in Bahrain is three thousand, more than a hundred of them have contracted the corona virus and one prisoner has died due to this disease.
