In April 2017 the King of Bahrain ratified a constitutional amendment that allows civilians to be tried in military courts. On 9 May 2017 Bahraini authorities referred a civilian...
May 12, 2017: The United Nations Committee against Torture today issued a strong critique of the Bahrain record on torture. Read the full document of the concluding...
Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) together with Access Now, Amnesty, Digitale Gesellschaft, Elektronisk Forpost Norge (EFN), Foundation for Information Policy Research,...
A total of 175 recommendations have been made to Bahrain by the Human Rights Council during Bahrain’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 1 May 2017.
The Bahraini...
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...
Six international human rights groups, including Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), urge the international community to call on Bahrain to drop charges against Shia cleric...
Shackling Detainees Among New Punitive Regulations
Bahraini authorities’ treatment of wrongfully imprisoned detainees violates international standards on prisoner treatment and...
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) currently seeks creative, passionate and hard-working applicants to occupy 2 internship postions on Communication, Research and...
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...
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...
