Author Archives: abbas

Exiled Bahraini activist's family 'detained as revenge'

Family members of a London-based Bahraini activist have reportedly been arrested on the Gulf island... more

UK must stop Bahrain’s reprisals against death penalty campaigner

The family of a UK resident who campaigns against the death penalty in Bahrain is... more

HRC 34 Oral Interventions: ID w/ UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Mr. High Commissioner, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain with the Bahrain Institute... more

The Legal Status of Women in Bahrain

In recognition of International Women’s Day, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights has produced a... more

High Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of his Office and recent human rights developments

In Bahrain, the Government has imposed increasing restrictions on civil society and politics since June... more

Injured man and another 11 persons subjected to incommunicado detention, the new norm in Bahrain

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is deeply concerned about the recent alarming increase... more

Bahrain’s Third Cycle UPR: A Record of Repression

Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) together with Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD)... more

US Department of State: 2016 Human Rights Report – Bahrain

The US Department of State Human Rights Report cover internationally recognized individual civil, political, and worker... more

Event Summary: Bahrain – 3rd Cycle UPR

On 7 March 2017 BCHR´s Julie Gromellon chaired a side event at HRC34 focusing on Bahrain´s upcoming... more

Bahrain Moves to Dissolve Major Opposition Group

Bahrain’s justice ministry has filed a lawsuit intended to dissolve a major opposition group that... more