Island of Torture: Health of Prisoner Deteriorates as Appeal Looms
03/06/2014· by josephsabroski·“One minute will make a difference.”Hussain Hubail has freelanced for AFP and Voice of America. He is seen here with his award from Al Wasat News.The span of sixty seconds...
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Locked Inside A Nightmare: A Joint BCHR and BYSHR Report On Prisons
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights and the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights publish today a report detailing prison conditions in Bahrain. This report brings the voices of current and former...
View ArticleUN Special Rapporteur on Torture gives a speech about torture in Bahrain
Video statement on Bahrain given by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendez on the International day of torture...
View ArticleBahrain: Photographer Hussian Hubail Denied Medical Care for Heart Condition
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights is extremely concerned for the safety and health of imprisoned photographer, Hussain Hubail, whose health is deteriorating threatening his life. Since his transfer...
View ArticleBahrain: Rehabilitate Torture Victims
(Beirut) – Bahrain should provide victims of torture with physical and psychological rehabilitation, Human Rights Watch and other human rights groups said today, based on a letter they sent to King...
View ArticleBahraini photographer Ammar Abdul Rasool, subjected to torture over a...
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights expresses its deep concern over the continuing policy of systematic torture in Bahrain, and particularly the treatment that media professionals face in detention...
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Bahrain: NGOs call for international accountability
Bahraini NGOs welcome steps to lift the immunity of officials accused of torture and call for further restrictions until justice is achieved.Actions taken to lift the immunity of Nasser Hamad...
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Bahrain: Defendants Detained in ‘Daih Bombing’ Reveal Torture in Court
Ministry of Interior: Those implicated in the Daih bombing confessed their crime;The Detainees: We were tortured physically and sexually to force us to confess The Bahrain Center for Human Rights...
View ArticleBahrain: Yasser Abdulla Khalil at Imminent Risk for Torture
The BCHR expresses grave concern over the expected transfer of Yasser Abdulla Khalil, from the clinic at the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior to the Criminal Investigations Department and...
View ArticleBahrain: BCHR and GCHR Welcome Back Prominent Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcome back prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, the President of the BCHR and General Secretary of the...
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Bahrain: Update: Al-Ghasra and 8 Others At Serious Risk For Torture
--Update 26/05/2014--Yesterday, 25 May 2014, Redha Al-Ghasra’s family was able to visit Redha in prison for the second time since his arrest on 23 April 2014. Redha's family reported that they noticed...
View ArticleBahrain: Continued Harassment and Ill-Treatment for Ahmed Al-Arab
--Update--The BCHR is also strongly concerned for continued attacks on Ahmed Al-Arab. On 25 May he was denied a family visit, and he has reported an increase in harassment following the escape from...
View ArticleIsland of Torture: Health of Prisoner Deteriorates as Appeal Looms
03/06/2014· by josephsabroski·“One minute will make a difference.”Hussain Hubail has freelanced for AFP and Voice of America. He is seen here with his award from Al Wasat News.The span of sixty seconds...
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Locked Inside A Nightmare: A Joint BCHR and BYSHR Report On Prisons
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights and the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights publish today a report detailing prison conditions in Bahrain. This report brings the voices of current and former...
View ArticleInmate Reportedly Beaten to Death at Bahrain’s Central Prison
On 6 November 2014, 36 year-old Hasan Majeed al-Shaikh was found dead at Bahrain’s Jaw prison. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR)...
View ArticleBahrain: NGOs Condemn Refoulement of Ali Haroun
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO), the Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS), and the...
View ArticleNGOs Condemn Death Penalty Sentence of Mohammed Ramadan and Husain Ali Moosa
30 December 2014 - On 29 December, a Bahraini court sentenced Mohammed Ramadan and Husain Ali Moosa to death for their supposed involvement in a bomb explosion in al-Dair on 14 February 2014 that...
View ArticleBahrain: Family Of Enforced Disappearance Victim Mohsen Al-Majid Reports...
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its concern over reports of the security forces’ continued practice of torture and degrading treatment as a primary means of extracting confessions from...
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