NIHR receives USCIRF delegation

Manama, Mar. 28 (BNA): The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR)’s President Maria Khoury received the US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)’s delegation. The National Institution's president briefed the USCRIF delegation on human rights status in Bahrain and the role of NIHR in this field. Khoury said that religious freedom is not confined to places of worship or the practice of rituals, but extend to all the rights granted by the Kingdom's constitution and underscored in both universal rights conventions. She confirmed that the NIRH did not observe an discrimination against any sect or community on the basis of faith or creed.