UN torture Committee “concerned at the climate of impunity which prevails in...
May 12, 2017: The United Nations Committee against Torture today issued a strong critique of the Bahrain record on torture. The concluding observations noted “with deep concern” the arbitrary...
View ArticleUN condemns Bahrain torture, as UK hosts royals – Reprieve comment
The UN Committee Against Torture has urged Bahrain to end the use of torture, and to retry protesters who are facing the death penalty.The UN’s report – released today – comes as the King of Bahrain...
View ArticleU.N. urges Bahrain to end torture, solitary confinement
The United Nations Committee against Torture on Friday called on Bahrain to release prominent activist Nabeel Rajab from more than nine months of solitary confinement and investigate widespread...
View ArticleFirst civilian to be tried in military courts in Bahrain since 2011
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 to trial before...
View ArticleBritain’s cash and Bahrain’s firing squads – 5 things we’ve learned
In January 2017, Bahrain carried out the politically-motivated executions of three men – Abbas al-Samea, Sami Mushaima and Ali al-Singace. All were sentenced to death on the basis of forced...
View ArticleBahrain: Woman Human Rights Defender tortured as Bahrain renews campaign to...
Amnesty International has today called on the Bahraini authorities to immediately end the torture and other ill-treatment of human rights defenders and other critics of the government, and to...
View ArticleEbtisam Al-Saegh tortured and sexually assaulted
On 26 May 2017, human rights defender Ebtisam Al-Saegh was summoned by the National Security Agency (NSA) to Muharraq police station, in the North of the country. She was sexually assaulted by the...
View ArticleAmnesty-Bahrain Must Investigate Activist Torture Claims
Bahrain should investigate claims by a human rights activist who says she was tortured and sexually assaulted while in detention last week, Amnesty International said on Thursday.Bahraini authorities...
View ArticleWhat’s Happening on the Third Floor of Bahrain’s Muharraq Police Station?
Horrifying details are emerging from those detained in Bahrain over the last 10 days. President Trump met the king of Bahrain on May 21 and assured him of an improved relationship with the United...
View ArticleBahraini Court Issues Two New Death Sentences Amid Torture Allegations
8 June 2016 – Bahraini courts sentenced two victims of torture to death on Tuesday amid serious concerns that the judiciary failed to uphold basic fair trial and due process guarantees, despite...
View ArticleTorture in Bahrain: a State Behaviour and Systematic Policy
Marking the UN Intl. Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, together with Salam for Democracy and Human Rights, the European-Bahraini Organizations for Human Rights...
View ArticleTorture and impunity in Bahrain - A Briefing On The Situation
Marking the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) strongly condemns Bahrain’s systematic use of torture.Read the BCHR briefing in PDF format...
View ArticleIn Their Own Words: the stories behind the UN Day in Support of Victims of...
For the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, REDRESS is sharing videos with the stories behind some of the torture survivors that they assist in their own words. In...
View ArticleUrgent Appeal: Unlawful Detention of WHRD Ebtisam Al-Saegh
Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women Dr. Dubravka SimonovicOHCHR-UNOG,8-14 Avenue de la Paix1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland Assistant Secretary-General Andrew GilmoreHigh official on reprisals...
View ArticleBahrain: Woman human rights defender at high risk of torture, including...
In response to news about the arrest of human rights defender Ebtisam al-Saegh by the Bahraini authorities on the night of 3 July 2017 Samah Hadid, Director for Campaigns at Amnesty International in...
View ArticleHR Activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh Launches Hunger Strike against Her Torture
Bahrain Mirror: Salam for Democracy and Human Rights said that detained Ibtisam Al-Saegh, member in Salam, launched a hunger strike against torture and maltreatment she was subjected to in the Criminal...
View ArticleQuestions for Head of Bahrain’s NSA 10 Days After Ebtisam al Saegh’s Arrest
Brian Dooley, Senior Director, Human Rights First:"Can you tell us how you have investigated the allegations of torture made in May, what your findings were and what action you have taken?Can you also...
View ArticleUS Department of State Press Briefing - July 13, 2017
The US Department of State on Ebtisam al-Saegh's situation:"MS NAUERT: -- she’s now been detained for a second time. She’s been detained without charges. We continue to follow that case. We are now...
View ArticleUN experts urge Bahrain to investigate reports of torture and ill-treatment...
GENEVA (18 July 2017) – A group of United Nations experts* has expressed deep concern at the alleged arbitrary detention of Bahraini human rights defender Ebtisam Alsaegh amid reports she has been...
View ArticleEbtisam Al-Saegh charged under anti-terrorism law, while UN asks for Bahrain...
On 19 July, woman human rights defender Ebtisam Al-Saegh, member of Salam for Democracy and Human Rights, was charged by Bahrain’s Terrorism Crimes Prosecution office with “using human rights work as...
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