Ministry of Interior, undertake and services offered to inmates especially under the coronavirus circumstances. The delegation met several inmates and listened directly to their remarks that will be duly conveyed to the center’s responsible management. 13. To ensure all inmates practice their religious rituals without undermining the precautionary measures, a delegation from NIHR conducted several visits to correctional, rehabilitation and detention centers, and remand prison during the Ashura’s commemoration, in order to closely inspect if the inmates (males and females) are freely practicing their religious rituals. A tweet was posted indicating that after meeting inmates, assuring that they were fully granted the freedom of practicing religious rituals, in such a way that does not infringe or adversely impact the freedom and privacy of other inmates from other sects or religious right to practice their rituals, and observing the conditions and precautionary measures undertaken to protect from coronavirus. 14. NIHR clarified that the management of the centers allotted each group of inmates at a cell, in such a way observing precautionary measures, preventive steps and physical distancing; it also availed to them TV screens at their cells to listen to broadcasted religious speeches, allowed them to dress up and behold symbols related to the occasion, as well as provide meals and juice for after the conclusion of the religious ceremonies. 15. NIHR announced it is in the process of updating the unified instructions manual for field visits standards to correctional institutors, detention facilities, workers groupings, medical and educational houses, in addition to observing the work environment, in order to develop and foster the legal rights practice especially in the aftermath of introducing relevant international and national standards as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. This will eventually contribute to facilitate the human rights status in various locations, and accordingly propose appropriate solutions and amendments pertaining to relevant national legislation as needed. NIHR Bahrain- Eighth Annual Report 2020 13

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