Author Archives: abbas

BCHR Condemns Bahraini Authorities’ Continued Targeting of Human Rights Defenders

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expressed on the International Day of Non-Violence, marked October... more

Courts Postpone Sentencing of Nabeel Rajab to 31 October – Unfair Trial and Arbitrary Detention Continues

6 October 2016 – A Bahraini high criminal court today postponed the sentencing of Nabeel... more

U.S. Government Urged to Link F-16 Sales to Bahrain to Release of Prominent Human Rights Defender

Human Rights First today urged the U.S. government to link the proposed sale of F-16 fighter jets to... more

Nabeel Rajab’s Trial Postponed for the Third Time, Today

Nabeel Rajab, leading human rights defender, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR),... more

HRW: Why No Outcry Over Nabeel Rajab?

In January 2014, Stephen Colbert interviewed Human Rights Watch’s executive director Ken Roth and asked him who... more

Serious Concerns over Trial on 6 October of Prominent Bahraini Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab

On 6 October 2016, the Bahrain High Criminal Court will hear the case of Nabeel... more

Bahrain top court rejects release of opposition chief

Bahrain’s top court rejected Monday a request to release Shiite opposition chief cleric Ali Salman,... more

One Torturer to Another: Kissinger Honors Bahrain FM With Award

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger—known for orchestrating bloody coups and wars—awarded Bahrain’s Foreign Affairs... more

Lockheed's Jet Sale to Bahrain Blocked for Human Rights Violations

The Obama administration has told Congress it won’t complete approval for Bahrain to buy as... more

Nabeel Rajab to undergo surgery on Monday

Bahrain Mirror: The president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab will undergo a... more