Meet the team

Founder of Altajer Law Firm, a prominent lawyer in the Kingdom of Bahrain, well known for his knowledge and extensive experience in matters related to commercial, insurance, property, civil personnel law, labour law and criminal law.
A figure known in the world of Human Rights, for over 10 years he has defended political prisoners, written reports about human rights violations, collaborated with different organizations regarding Bahrain’s Human Rights File.

• License to Practice Law in Bahrain – Beirut Arab University.
• The Continuing Engineering Education Program – College of Engineering, University of Bahrain.
• General Secondary Certificate – Al-Hidaya Al-Khalifia Secondary Boys School.
• Completed several courses and obtain several certifications in the desalination by Reverse Osmosis Technology.

• Founder of Altajer Law Firm, one of the leading law firms in Bahrain, lawyer for the General Federation of Bahrain Workers, lawyer for General Women’s Union and contributor to defend the cases of abused and abandoned women.
• Worked at Akhbar Alkhaleej Newspaper and winner of the award of “Hisham and Ali Hafidh” for best journalist of 1990 for his investigative journalism and reports after entering Kuwait during the Iraqi Invasion.
• Worked as supervisor in the control room of Abu Jarjour Desalination Plant in the Ministry of Electricity and water.
• Representative for union’s trade in the arbitration of collective labor disputes & lawyer of women union .

• Third International Conference on Bahrain, Ongoing violations & impunity – Beirut.
• Conference on the Human Rights Situation during Arab Spring – Cairo.
• International Conference to Support Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain – Beirut.
• 18-25th Session Human Rights Council- Geneva.
• The Use of Forensic Evidences to Anti Torture – Washington.
• Training Workshop for Lawyers on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) – Bahrain.
• Seminar on Human Rights in Bahrain, British House of Commons – UK.
• Seminar on the Case of Political Leaders and Human Rights Activists in Bahrain – London.
• Seminar on Releasing Human Rights Watch Report about Freedom of Expression and Peaceful Assembly – London.
• The Impact of Security Solution on Economic Development in Jordan.
• Torture: Between Law and Reality in Bahrain – Jordan.
• Training in Istanbul Protocol – Introductory Course – LONDON AND BAHRAIN.
• Capacity Building Workshop on Monitoring and Documentation of H . Rights Violations
• Participate in workshops about UN contractual and non-contractual mechanisms.
• Participate in research seminar on “women in law and practice”.
• Participate in research seminar on “the execution of Gulf States for UN treaties”.

• General Coordinator at Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO).
• The founder of “Lawyers for Human Rights Organization”, in Bahrain.
• Founder of the Bahraini Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence (BRAVO).
• Member of the Lawyers Affairs Committee in Bahrain bar Association.
• A founding member in the Al Huda Society.

• The Person of the Year 2009 by “AlWefaq National Islamic Society”.
• Hisham & Ali Hafidh Award for best journalist of 1990.
• Acknowledgements Plaque by “Bahrain Forum for Human Rights”.
• Member of the Lawyers Affairs Committee in Bahrain bar Association.
• Acknowledgements Plaque by politically expelled professors from University of Bahrain.

• Bachelor of Law – University of Bahrain

• Bachelor of Law – University of Bahrain

• Bachelor of Law – University of Yarmouk