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Bahrain: Courageous Human Rights Defender Maryam Al-Khawaja Arrested in Bahrain; Could Face Lengthy Prison Sentence

(31 August 2014) – The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center... more

Leading Human Rights Defender Maryam Al-Khawaja Detained Upon Arrival to Bahrain

–UPDATE– The authorities have stated that Maryam Al-Khawaja will appear before a judge on the... more

Joint-letter to the King of Bahrain Calls for the Release of Bahraini Photographer Ahmed Humaidan

29 August 2014   HM Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa King of Bahrain Rifaa Palace Manama,... more

Amnesty Int’l: Bahrain: Opposition activist on hunger strike: Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja

UA: 166/14 Index: MDE 11/023/2014 Bahrain Date: 29 August 2014 URGENT ACTION Prisoner of conscience... more

Bahrain: 600 Detainees On Hunger Strike To Stop Torture In Prison

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses concern over the reports of prisoners’ hunger strike... more

Bahrain: Rehabilitate Torture Victims

(Beirut) – Bahrain should provide victims of torture with physical and psychological rehabilitation, Human Rights... more

Bahraini Human Rights Organizations Join Individuals to Launch a Campaign for the Release of Blind Detainee Jafar Matooq



Nine Bahraini human rights organizations, along with human rights activists in Bahrain, have launched a... more

Solidarity Is Not a One Way Street: Teargas from Manama to Missouri

Teargas burn is not a sensation you forget. It tears through your nostrils, floods your... more

Leaked Data Suggests Bahrain’s Government Hacked Its Own Fact-Finding Commission

Leaked internal documents allegedly belonging to UK-based surveillance software company Gamma International suggest that Bahrain’s... more

HRW – Bahrain: Citizenship Rights Stripped Away

(Beirut) – Ten people whose Bahraini citizenship was withdrawn without due process are facing deportation... more