A candid report

Prime Minister HRH Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has lauded the Bahraini competencies in the field of human rights, and their crucial role in defending the Kingdom and countering attempts to smear its bright image and honourable human rights record.

HRH Premier was speaking in a meeting with the Member of the Shura Council and Chairman of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), Dr. Abdulaziz Abul, alongside NIHR Board of Directors’ members, who submitted to him the annual NIHR report for 2014 at Gudaibiya Palace here yesterday.

Lauding the role played by the NIHR in consolidating and protecting human rights in the Kingdom, Prince Khalifa commended its efforts in compiling its annual report, which documents the human rights developments and achievements in the Kingdom.

“The Kingdom of Bahrain boasts of an outstanding human rights record based on modern and advanced constitutional and legal texts and principles. It reflects the coexistence, fraternity and pluralism prevailing in the Bahraini society within a comprehensive framework based on tradition and the precepts of the Islamic religion,” HRH Premier remarked.

Prince Khalifa stressed that the human rights topped the government’s development programmes, noting that fulfilling the citizens’ needs, preserving their dignity and ensuring their right to secure and decent life are the cornerstones of all development efforts witnessed by the Kingdom in all fields.