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Ombudswoman receives officials from Foreign Affairs Ministry

Aug 27, 2023

Ombudswoman Ghada Hamid Habib met Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri, the Director-General of Legal Affairs and Human Rights at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, and Dr. Arwa Hassan Al Sayed, Chief of the Human R... more

Ombudswoman receives US Ambassador

Aug 25, 2023

Ombudswoman Ghada Hamid Habib met the Ambassador of the United States of America to Bahrain, Steven C. Bondy, and David P. Brownstein, Deputy Chief Mission at the US Embassy in Bahrain. The Ombudswo... more

The Independent Ombudsman Office reassures their families. The inmates on strike are subjected to medical supervision and the necessary medical care

Aug 12, 2023

The Independent Ombudsman Office stated that it monitored news published on social media regarding the hunger strike by some inmates in some of the buildings in the Reform and Rehabilitation Center i... more

Ombudswoman receives outgoing UK Deputy Ambassador

Jul 27, 2023

Ghada Hamid Habib, Ombudswoman, met Stuart Summers, the outgoing Deputy Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bahrain, and Fiona Walker Doyle, the newly appointed Deputy Ambassador. She commend... more

Inmates allowed to perform religious rituals in accordance with law

May 22, 2023

Manama, Aug. 1 (BNA): The Directorate of Monitoring, Detention and Correctional Facilities at the Office of the Ombudsman today carried out an inspection visit to the Jau Reformation and Rehabilitati... more

Ombudsman Secretary General, Turkish Ambassador discuss cooperation

Jan 19, 2023

The Ombudsman Secretary-General Ghada Hamid Habib received Turkish Ambassador to Bahrain, Esen Çakıl. The secretary-general stressed the importance of cooperation with th... more

Office of the Ombudsman holds specialised training workshop

Jan 19, 2023

The Office of the Ombudsman organised a spcialised training workshop on January 16 and 17, in cooperation with the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR). Experts from the Northern Ireland Co-... more

In cooperation with the British Embassy and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), The Ombudsman Office and the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) organised a workshop on Independent Investigation Mechanisms

Nov 28, 2021

The Ombudsman Office and the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) organised an interactive workshop on "the Mechanisms of Independent Investigations", over a week-long period starting from S... more

The Independent Ombudsman Office received a number of families of inmate’s at the Reform and Rehabilitation Centre (Dry Dock), investigated their allegations and informed them of the results of the investigation into those allegations

Nov 23, 2021

The Independent Ombudsman Office confirmed in its statement that it practices its legal and official duties with regard to complaints and assistant requests for assistance received regarding categ... more

The Independent Ombudsman Office received a number of families of inmate’s at the Reform and Rehabilitation Centre (Dry Dock), investigated their allegations and informed them of the results of the investigation into those allegations

Nov 21, 2021