Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa received on Tuesday (February 7, 2017) members of the Board of Commissioners of the National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) led by the President Abdulaziz Abul. The Deputy Interior Minister, Inspector General, Chief of Public Security and Interior Ministry Undersecretary attended the meeting.

Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, Head of Religious Freedom Unit in the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO), described the latest statements of National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) as “blatant human rights suicidal move”.

The complaints, monitoring and follow-up committee at Bahrain’s National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) convened members discussed the complaints received by the committee during the period between its last meeting (December 21, 2016) and January 14, 2017.