Author Archives: abbas
Index on Censorship: Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab put in isolation ahead of 6 October trial
On Sunday 25 September Nabeel Rajab was transferred from the West Riffa Police Station to... more
Bahrain: Foreign Minister glosses over rights record at UN General Assembly
27 September 2016 – Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid Al Khalifa delivered a statement yesterday on behalf of... more
BCHR at HRC33: On Sectarian Discrimination in Bahrain
On 27 September, Asma Darwish, Advocacy Officer at Bahrain Center for Human RIghts, delivered an oral intervention... more
BCHR at HRC33: On Discrimination Faced by Afro-Bahrainis
On 26 September, Asma Darwish, Advocacy Officer at Bahrain Center for Human RIghts, delivered an oral... more
Prominent HR Activist Nabeel Rajab to be Transferred to Deplorable Prison by "Force"
Adam Rajab, son of prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, said that the detention... more
HRC Member States Condemn Bahraini Measures against Opposition
More member states at the UN Human Rights Council condemned on Monday (September 19, 2016),... more
BCHR at HRC33: Bahrain Did Not Follow Up on Recommendations
On 23 September, Erin Sigmon from Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrian (ADHRB), delivered... more
BCHR at HRC33: Reprisals Against Human Rights Defenders
On 23 September, Maryam al-Khawaja, Co-Director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), delivered an... more
'Final nail in the coffin of reform': Bahrain dissolves opposition group
A Bahraini appeals court on Thursday upheld an order dissolving the country’s main opposition group... more
Students in Diraz Pass by Armored Vehicles to Reach their Schools
Barriers and barbed wires are spread everywhere in Diraz. Dozens of soldiers and checkpoints stop... more