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Bahrain: Must Rein in Security Forces Ahead of Fourth Anniversary of Uprising

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 13 February 2015 Index: MDE 11/008/2015 The Bahraini authorities must uphold... more

Fourth Anniversary of the Bahraini Uprising: Violent Attacks on the Peaceful Marches and Protests

On 14 February 2011, a pro-democracy movement started in Bahrain, where tens of thousands of... more

Bahrain: Human Rights Violation in 2014

The BCHR’s team on the ground works to document human rights abuses in order to... more

NGOs Commemorate the Four Year Anniversary of Bahrain’s Peaceful Uprising

On 14 February 2011, more than 200,000 people from all walks of life flooded the streets... more

Bahrain: Arrest of 17 years old Hussain Ghazi Alhalawachi

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights is appalled over the ongoing arbitrary arrests and detention... more

Champions for Justice: Bahrain’s Prisoners of Conscience

More than four years since the Bahrain government’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protestors, arbitrary arrests,... more

Shadow Report ahead of Committee against Torture’s considerations of a List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Bahrain in its 54th session

Today, 9 February 2015, Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) together with Bahrain Institute for Rights... more

Bahrain: 14-years old Mohammed al-Sawad risks losing his eye after being targeted for peaceful protest

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights is gravely concerned about the Bahraini authorities’ use of... more

Bahrain: Stop arbitrarily rendering citizens stateless

04 February 2015 Amnesty International is seriously concerned about the Bahraini authorities’ increasing resort to... more

UN rights experts urge Bahrain to release arrested opposition leader

4 February 2015 – A group of United Nations human rights experts are urging the... more