Amnesty Int'l: Bahrain: Man held incommunicado at risk of torture: Ahmed...
UA: 21/14 Index: MDE 11/008/2014 Bahrain Date: 4 February 2014URGENT ACTION Ahmed Mohammad Saleh al-Arab continues to be denied family visits after 27 days of detention. There are fears the authorities...
View ArticleActor Sadiq AlShaabani: Arrested in Oman, Handed to Bahrain Authorities,...
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses grave concern about the well-being of Bahraini actor Sadiq Jaffar Mansoor AlShaabani, 31 years old, who was arrested by intelligence agents in Oman on the...
View ArticleBahrain: Ahmed AlArab: Severely Tortured for Confessions, Denied Medical...
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its deep concern about the wellbeing of the detainee Ahmed Mohammed Saleh AlArab (22 years old ), who has been reportedly subjected to torture and still...
View ArticleBahrain: Reports of Physical Torture and Sexual Assault of Detainees at the...
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses it deep concern for the continuous practice of torture in Bahrain as a means of extracting confessions, especially in the Criminal Investigation...
View ArticleBahrain: Death of Detainee Jaffar AlDurazi after Reports of Torture and...
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights calls for an independent and urgent investigation into the death of 23 year old Jaffar AlDurazi during detention. The BCHR received information that AlDurazi was...
View ArticleJoint Statement: NGOs Express Concern Over Escalation Of Violence In Bahrain...
The undersigned NGO’s express in the strongest terms their concern in regards to the escalation of violence in Bahrain and the use of foreign security forces to police peaceful protests under the guise...
View ArticleBCHR Report Launch: Terrorism Law in Bahrain
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights publishes today a report on the "Protecting Society From Terrorism Acts" of 2006, which was modified in August 2013 to further restrict freedoms. The law, commonly...
View ArticleBahrain: Torture Continues in Bahrain, Sadiq Al-Shabani another Victim
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its deep concern for the Bahrain Authority’s persistence in adopting mental and physical torture as the only means to extract confessions from detainees....
View ArticleBahrain: After Bomb Blast, Detainees Reportedly Tortured
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights is seriously concerned over the recent arrest of four individuals in connection with an alleged bomb blast in Diah, Bahrain. A clear pattern has emerged, as...
View ArticleRSF - Bahrain: News photographer gets 10 years in jail
Published on Wednesday 26 March 2014. Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the 10-year jail sentence that a Bahraini court passed today on Ahmed Humaidan, a well-known press photographer who has...
View ArticleBahrain: Third Anniversary of Arrest: Calls for the Release of Abdulhadi...
International and Local Civil Society Groups Call for Immediate and Unconditional Release of Bahraini Human Rights Defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on the Third Anniversary of His Arrest The undersigned...
View ArticleBahrain: Prisoner Denied Adequate Medical Attention, Reportedly Tortured To...
The BCHR is concerned for the health and well being of Mohammed Abdullah Ali Al-Tajer, 25 years-old, who was arrested on 06 August 2013 during an evening house raid. He is currently being held in...
View ArticleBahrain: Urgent Appeal: Al-Ghasra and 8 Others At Serious Risk For Torture
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses grave concern in regards to the health and well-being of Hassan Sabah Al-Banaa, Redha Al-Ghasra, and seven others (listed below) arrested by the Bahraini...
View ArticleDispatches: Bahrain Shooting the Messenger on Torture
Bahrain has a well-deserved reputation for torture, but now the authorities are threatening action against people who discuss it. Bahrain’s official news agency on April 14, 2104, reported that the...
View ArticleBahrain: Report on World Press Freedom Day
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights releases today a report for World Press Freedom Day, Saturday, 03 May 2014, out of serious concern for degenerating freedom of expression and opinion afforded to...
View ArticleBYSHR | Bahrain: Sentencing Two Activists with 5 Years in Prison and...
The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights expresses its deep concern for sentencing two activists today – 28 April 2014 – with 5 years in prison with the charges of ‘attempting to plant an explosive...
View ArticleBahrain: Ahmed AlArab: Severely Tortured for Confessions, Denied Medical...
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its deep concern about the wellbeing of the detainee Ahmed Mohammed Saleh AlArab (22 years old ), who has been reportedly subjected to torture and still...
View ArticleBahrain: Reports of Physical Torture and Sexual Assault of Detainees at the...
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses it deep concern for the continuous practice of torture in Bahrain as a means of extracting confessions, especially in the Criminal Investigation...
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