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Charting the Seas of Abuse: Analysis of United Nations Special Procedure...
On 14 February 2011, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Bahrain calling for more democracy and greater political liberties. A majority of Bahrain’s population participated in the...
View ArticleInside Jau: Report Finds Rampant Torture and Abuse Inside Bahrain’s Political...
26 June 2015 – Bahrain’s prison authorities continue to humiliate, torture and mistreat inmates at Jau Prison, according to a new report released today by Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in...
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Bahrain: From 2011 to 2016, The Screams of Torture Still Echo
On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June, Bahrain Center for Human Rights issues the report "From 2011 to 2016, The Screams of Torture Still Echo", which takes stock of the...
View ArticleFaces of Torture in Bahrain
On the 27th of June, BCHR participated in the event – the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in Paris. This occasion provided an opportunity to create more awareness on the human rights...
View ArticleBahrain: Detainee Dies of 'Medical Condition' in Custody
A detainee being held in the Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain has died while in custody, authorities announced Sunday.The Ministry of Interior said in a statement that the unidentified detainee died of...
View ArticleIndependent and Impartial Investigation Needed into the Death and Alleged...
The undersigned NGOs call on the government of Bahrain to immediately launch an independent and impartial investigation into the death of 35-year-old detainee Hassan Jassim Hasan Al-Hayki amid credible...
View ArticleForeign Office Accused Of “Covering Up” Bahrain Torture Allegations
A Foreign Office minister has been accused of “covering up” an alleged case of torture in the state of Bahrain, a key Middle Eastern ally whose prisons system has received millions of pounds worth of...
View ArticleTorture victim loses fight to bring Bahrain attorney general before court
A torture victim has vowed to continue to fight for justice after failing to get the Attorney General of Bahrain to face his claims in an Irish court.Jaafar Al-Hasabi, who lives in London, claimed he...
View ArticleInvest NI company 'must suspend Bahrain work' - Reprieve
An international human rights group has called on a company owned by Invest NI to immediately suspend a contract to train security forces in Bahrain. Reprieve says police and prison officers in the...
View ArticleUK trained hundreds of guards working at Bahrain’s death row jail: Report
Anti-death penalty charity report also highlights links with other repressive regimes, including EU-funded project in EgyptThe UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office funded training for hundreds of...
View ArticleReprieve: UK trained hundreds of guards at Bahrain’s death row prison, new...
The FCO funded training for hundreds of prison guards at Bahrain’s death row jail, where an innocent man faces imminent execution after ‘confessing’ under torture, a new report by anti-death penalty...
View ArticleAl-Wadaei: Confessions of Al-Daih Blast Suspects were Extracted through...
Bahrain Mirror: Middle East Eye website reported a judicial source saying that a "Bahraini court upheld three death sentences and seven life terms against a "terrorist" group convicted of killing...
View ArticleBahrain Executes 3 Over Police Bombing, Triggering Protests
Bahrain on Sunday carried out its first executions since an Arab Spring uprising rocked the country in 2011, putting to death three men found guilty of a deadly bomb attack on police. The executions of...
View ArticleEuropean Union: Statement by the spokesperson on the executions carried out...
It was confirmed earlier today that the Kingdom of Bahrain carried out the execution of three people convicted for a bomb attack against the police which killed 3 policemen. The EU reiterates its...
View ArticleBahrain City Hall Set Ablaze, Gunfire Heard After Executions
Bahrain says a city hall was set ablaze during a night of clashes between police and protesters following the execution of three men convicted of a deadly bombing targeting police.Bahrain's Interior...
View ArticleReprieve: Boris Johnson's Bahrain response 'woefully inadequate'
International human rights organization Reprieve has criticised the response of the UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, to Bahrain’s execution this morning of three men.The three men, Ali Al-Singace...
View ArticleBahrain executes three Shia men in first death sentences since 2010
Britain is facing calls to loosen its ties with Bahrain after three Shia Muslim men convicted of killing an Emirati police officer and two Bahraini police officers in a 2014 bomb attack were...
View ArticleForeign Secretary comments following the execution of three men in Bahrain
Foreign Secretary comments following the execution of three men in Bahrain.The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said:"The UK is firmly opposed to the death penalty, and it is our longstanding position...
View ArticleUN Human Rights on executions: "We are appalled"
We are appalled at the execution by firing squad of three men in Bahrain on Sunday. The men had been convicted of a bombing in Manama in 2014 that killed three police officers. They were found guilty...
View ArticleU.S. Press Briefing on Executions: "We are concerned"
QUESTION: (...) Do you have any reaction to the execution of three prisoners that happened, I believe, either yesterday or the day before?MR KIRBY: Yeah, we – we’ve seen the Bahraini Government’s...
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