NGOs send letter to Boris Johnson regarding jailed HRD Nabeel Rajab
3 February 2017Dear Mr Johnson,In light of recent developments in Bahrain, we write to raise our deep concern over the punitive trials of prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, who is being...
View ArticleKillers of Protesters Go Free, while their Families are Targeted and...
On 25 January 2017 a Bahraini court ruled to jail three parents of extrajudicial killing victims who died during the pro-democracy protests in Bahrain in 2011. Zamzam Abdulla, the mother of the late...
View ArticleUK covered up intelligence training with Bahrain’s police, amid death sentence
UK authorities trained Bahrain’s police how to gather intelligence on protestors, and then tried to cover up the scheme, international human rights group Reprieve has found. The project took place...
View ArticleAuthorities Release Prominent Cleric after Spending 6 Months in Prison over...
The Bahraini authorities released on Friday (February 3, 2017) Sheikh Mohammad Al-Shahabi after spending 6 months in prison over taking part in Diraz protest held against the decision that revoked the...
View ArticleDespite Record-Low Temperature, Protesters Endure Diraz Sit-in
Despite the record-low temperature recorded in Bahrain (7 °C) at dawn on Friday (February 3, 2017), protesters continued their demonstration outside the house of religious leader, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa...
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BCHR launches Annual Report Bahrain 2016: A Series of Repressive Attacks...
6 February 2017 - The Bahrain Center of Human Rights (BCHR) publishes today its 2016 annual report on the status of human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The report reviews the Bahraini government’s...
View ArticleBahrain to Try Terrorist Cell Trained in Iran, Iraq
Bahraini Fourth Criminal Court announced that a hearing will be held on February 28 to review the case of 10 suspects involved in terrorist crimes and trained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Iraqi...
View ArticleIPI blasts Bahrain cases against Nabeel Rajab
The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Bahrain to free prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab after prosecutors said a charge that he spread “false news” harming the state’s image...
View ArticleUK admits training Bahrain police in 'public order' tactics
The British government has admitted it funded training that taught Bahraini police how to "command and control" demonstrators, after its denials were exposed by a human rights group.Rights...
View ArticleSecrecy around £1bn aid and security fund raises 'significant concern', say MPs
MPs and Lords have expressed “significant concern” over the lack of transparency, accountability and leadership of a £1bn government fund aimed at tackling conflicts and building stability overseas.An...
View ArticleTrump ready to approve weapons packages to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain that Obama...
The Trump administration is poised to move quickly to approve major weapons packages for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain that President Obama blocked during his final months in office over human rights...
View ArticleDonald Trump 'to approve arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain' blocked by...
Donald Trump's administration is reportedly preparing to approve major arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.The multi-million and multi-billion dollar deals were blocked by former President Barack...
View ArticleBahrain says foils attempt by suspects in jail break to flee to Iran
Bahrain said on Thursday it had foiled an attempt by "terrorist fugitives" wanted in connection with a January prison break to flee by sea to Iran. Security forces foiled the "trafficking" attempt in a...
View ArticleBritish MPs question 'slush fund' aid spending in Bahrain
British parliamentarians have questioned the use of money from a £1bn ($1.24bn) annual aid programme to fund projects in Bahrain despite continuing human rights concerns in the Gulf kingdom.A report...
View ArticleAuthorities Release Prominent Cleric after Spending 6 Months in Prison over...
The Bahraini authorities released on Friday (February 3, 2017) Sheikh Mohammad Al-Shahabi after spending 6 months in prison over taking part in Diraz protest held against the decision that revoked the...
View ArticleBahrain Constitutional Amendment Could Send Civilians to Military Courts
Military courts in Bahrain could soon be expanding their powers and may gain jurisdiction to prosecute civilians if a new constitutional amendment is passed. The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR)...
View ArticleBAHRAIN: FEARS OF FURTHER VIOLENT CRACKDOWN ON UPRISING ANNIVERSARY
Authorities in Bahrain must refrain from using excessive force against protesters, Amnesty International urged as mass protests are under way on 14 February, to mark the sixth anniversary of the 2011...
View ArticleBahrain: Human Rights Crisis Deepened Since Protests Began Six Years Ago Today
14 February 2017 – On the anniversary of the 14 February 2011 protest movement, we, the undersigned, are deeply concerned that Bahrain’s human rights situation has now reached unprecedented lows....
View ArticleBAHRAIN PROTESTERS, POLICE CLASH AS ISLAND MARKS UPRISING
Anti-government protesters in Bahrain clashed with police on Tuesday as they marked the sixth anniversary of the tiny island kingdom's Arab Spring uprising.Images posted on social media showed masked...
View ArticleBahrain’s Day of Rage, six years on
Bahrain’s Day of Rage on 14 February 2011 kickstarted one of the largest popular uprisings in the country’s history. Bahraini youth took to social media and called on people “to take to the streets” in...
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