More prison sentences and interrogations for free expression “crimes” in...
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses its deep concern over the Bahraini authorities continuing prosecution of free expression and opinion. BCHR is concerned about the legalization of...
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Bahrain 2015: Human Rights Violations From Practice To Policy
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) publishes today its Annual Report on Human Rights Violations in Bahrain.The report is a summary of the human rights violations BCHR was able to document over...
View Article39 NGOs call for the unconditional release of Zainab al-Khawaja
12 April 2016HM Hamad bin Isa al-KhalifaKing of BahrainRiffa PalaceManama, Bahrain Dear King Hamad,We, the undersigned Bahraini and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), would like to...
View ArticleUS Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2015:...
The US Department of State, through the Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor, published its report on Human Rights practices in Bahrain during the year 2015. Their full report can be found here...
View Article10 NGO's Call For Protecting Religious Freedoms and Ending Sectarian...
Bahrainis have always been committed to the principles of tolerance, coexistence, mutual respect and religious freedom. Bahrain has long been viewed as a role-model in the Gulf region for peaceful...
View ArticleAmnesty International: Activist Sentenced to One Year in Jail
From Amnesty International Bahraini activist Dr Sa’eed al-Samahiji was sentenced to one year in prison on 7 April, on charges including “insulting a brotherly State” and “calling for participation in...
View ArticleAmnesty International: Ibrahim Karimi Sentenced to Prison
From Amnesty International Ibrahim Karimi has been sentenced to two years and one month in prison on charges including “publicly insulting the King” which he has denied. He is a prisoner of conscience....
View ArticleAmnesty International: President Obama Must Not Turn a Blind Eye to Abuses...
From Amnesty International As Saudi Arabia receives Barack Obama today, Amnesty International is urging the US President not to turn his back on victims of repression and human rights violations across...
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Echoes of the Arab Spring
Event in Heidelberg, Germany about the current situation of Human Rights in Bahrain with the participation of BCHR Vice-President Said Yousif Almuhafdah.Document Type: BCHR releaseFeature:...
View ArticleBahrain Photographic Society Dissolved as Restrictions on Civil Society...
As we prepare to mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) condemns the enforced dissolution of the Bahrain Photographic Society in April, as well as the...
View ArticleUS Commission on International Religious Freedom: 2016 Annual Report
During the past year, there was an increase in the number of interrogations, detentions, and arbitrary arrests of Shi’a Muslims, including clerics, for peaceful protests and criticizing the...
View ArticleTranslation (French) and Communication Internship positions
Bahrain Center for Human Rights is seeking Interns to contribute to BCHR's website translation into French, preferably based in Paris. The work load varis weekly, therefore working schedule can be...
View ArticleBahraini Government’s Claims of Having Implemented all BICI Recommendations...
On 9 May 2016, Bahrain celebrated the culmination of the work of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), announcing that the implementation of all recommendations had been completed. The...
View ArticleFurther restrictions aimed at curtailing Bahraini opposition’s participation...
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) condemns the Bahraini parliament and Shura Council’s passage of amendments to the Political Societies Law, which places a ban on participation in political...
View ArticleGCHR: Bahrain: Authorities refuse to release Zainab Al-khawaja's baby,...
On 22 May 2016, imprisoned human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja informed her family that she had fallen ill with the flu and was unable to take care of her 17-month-old son Abdulhadi, who is...
View ArticleBahraini cleric sentenced to prison for “unauthorized sermon”
The Bahrain Center of Human Rights (BCHR) condemns the Bahraini authorities’ continued persecution and detention of Shia clerics merely for exercising their right to freedom of religion and freedom of...
View ArticleAmnesty International: Stateless lawyer at imminent risk of expulsion:...
Amnesty International has published a statement raising the alarm in the case of Bahraini lawyer Taimoor Karimi, rendered stateless and now at imminent risk of expulsion after the Appeal Court in...
View ArticleBahrain Court of Appeal Increases the Sentence of Al-Wefaq’s Sheikh Ali...
Today, 30 May 2016, the Bahraini Court of Appeal toughened the sentence against Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, to nine years in prison, instead of originally...
View ArticlePersons with disabilities continue to fall victims to arbitrary arrest and...
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is deeply concerned over the Bahraini authorities’ continuous unlawful arrests and use of torture to coerce confessions against citizens, including people...
View ArticleNGOs condemn death penalties upheld based on coerced confessions, amid...
We, the undersigned NGOs, strongly condemn the Bahraini government’s use of the death penalty, lengthy imprisonment sentences, and revocation of citizenship, amid ongoing credible allegations of...
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