Author Archives: abbas
Families of prisoners in Bahrain deserve to celebrate Eid with their sons
The Bahraini authorities must end their campaign against all those who voice dissent and... more
Defective and Deficient: A Review of Bahrain’s National Human Rights Bodies
In the aftermath of the Bahraini uprising in 2011, the King of Bahrain ordered the... more
BCHR: Authorities in Bahrain should release Jaafar Maatouk for humanitarian reasons
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) deplores the continued detention of Jaafar Maatouk, who... more
مركز البحرين لحقوق الإنسان: ينبغي على السلطة في البحرين الإفراج عن جعفر معتوق لدواعٍ إنسانية
يستنكر مركز البحرين لحقوق الإنسان استمرار احتجاز جعفر معتوق الذي يعاني من إعاقة بصرية وعجز... more
Press in Bahrain: Restricting the Word & Blocking Freedom
On World Press Freedom Day, Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) held a webinar addressing... more
On Press Freedom Day: No to laws that violate freedoms
Bahrain ranked 168 in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index according to Reporters Without Borders.... more
Trade Unionism in Bahrain: Restrictions, Violations, and Attempts to Mold and Infiltrate
The political and labor scenes have always been intertwined in Bahrain. Political grievances have been... more
2021 World Press Freedom Index: Journalism, the vaccine against disinformation, blocked in more than 130 countries
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 20 April 2021. The 2021 World Press Freedom Index... more
They are not just numbers!
Ramadan falls this year in Bahrain with a wave of releases of detainees who have... more
Karim Fakhrawi
Karim Fakhrawi, founder and board member of Al-Wasat, Bahrain’s premier independent daily newspaper, was tortured to... more