Widespread Reprisals against Activists Ahead of UPR
Bahraini authorities have initiated a new campaign of reprisals against political activists, human rights defenders, and other civil society actors ahead of the kingdom’s third cycle of the United...
View Article2017 Press Freedom Index – ever darker world map
The 2017 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) shows an increase in the number of countries where the media freedom situation is very grave and highlights the scale and...
View ArticleReview by UN Torture Committee Puts Bahrain Abuses Under Spotlight right...
The UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) concluded its review of Bahrain on 24 April. UN panel says allegations of torture submitted by NGOs are credible and that torture remains widespread in Bahraini...
View ArticleJailed Bahrain activist on hunger strike
A prominent Bahraini activist jailed for life for his role in anti-regime protests has been on hunger strike for two weeks to protest the treatment of prisoners, campaigners said Thursday.Abdulhadi...
View ArticleUNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
USCIRF: BahrainThe United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released the 2017 annual report, which represents the culmination of a year’s work by Commissioners and...
View ArticleHuman Rights Defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on Hunger Strike for 18 Days
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is deeply concerned about the deteriorating health of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, BCHR’s former President, serving a life sentence in Jau...
View ArticleBahrain: End Degrading Treatment of Shackling Detainees Among New Punitive...
Bahraini authorities’ treatment of wrongfully imprisoned detainees violates international standards on prisoner treatment and in some cases may constitute cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, a...
View ArticleBahraini journalists harassed, banned from travel
Bahraini prosecutors and security officials should cease harassing journalists and should lift travel bans imposed on two reporters in the past week, said the Committee to Protect Journalists....
View ArticleBahrain: “Undeclared Martial Law”
The outright militarization of the security apparatus has infected more and more sectors of Bahraini society. In fact, it’s now been written into the country’s constitution itself.Six years ago, New...
View ArticleBahrain Tries To Hide Truth From UN Scrutiny
On Monday May 1 Bahrain will endure its Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council. Every country’s human right record gets scrutinized under the process every five years. At Bahrain’s...
View ArticleBahrain Takes Severe Hit at UPR in Geneva
Bahrain took a rare public reprimand this morning at its United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review. Countries are assessed on human rights progress every five years, and the Bahraini government’s...
View ArticleThe Bahrain Center for Human Rights Internship Positions Available
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) currently seeks creative, passionate and hard-working applicants to occupy 2 internship postions on Communication, Research and Campaigning at our...
View ArticleBahrain: End Degrading Treatment of Activists
Shackling Detainees Among New Punitive RegulationsBahraini authorities’ treatment of wrongfully imprisoned detainees violates international standards on prisoner treatment and in some cases may...
View ArticleBahrain 2016: Finishing Off The Margin
While the journalists in Bahrain are joining the world celebrating the “World Press Freedom Day” 2017, systematic and unjust Government policies continue to restrict what is left from the margin of...
View ArticleFreedom in the World 2017: Bahrain
Once a promising model for political reform and democratic transition, Bahrain has become one of the Middle East’s most repressive states. Since violently crushing a popular prodemocracy protest...
View ArticleTrial of Sheikh Isa Qassim: Letter to UK FCO
Right Honourable Boris Johnson,Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,Foreign and Commonwealth Office,King Charles Street,London,SW1A 2AH4 May 2017Dear Boris Johnson,We, the...
View ArticleTrial of Sheikh Isa Qassim: Letter to United Nations
H.E. Zeid bin Ra’ad Al-Hussein,UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10,SwitzerlandCc: Ahmed Shaheed,UN Special...
View ArticleTrial of Sheikh Isa Qassim: Letter to the EU
High Representative Ms. Federica Mogherini, European External Action Service,Stavros Lambrinidis, Special Representative for Human Rights,Jan Figel, Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of...
View ArticleTrial of Sheikh Isa Qassim: Letter to the US
Mr. Rex TillersonSecretary of StateUnited StatesDepartment of State2201 C Street NWWashington, DC 20520 4 May 2017 Secretary Tillerson, We, the undersigned, write to you in advance of the 7 May 2017...
View ArticleBCHR's President Nabeel Rajab remains hospitalised while awaiting trials in May
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is deeply concerned about the ongoing pretrial detention of its President Nabeel Rajab, who has been detained for 326 days on multiple charges. His next court...
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