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Bahrain: ‘Call for Nabeel Rajab’s release’, Rights Groups Urge 50 Governments

15 September 2016 – The Bahrain Center for Human Rights, together with 21 other NGOs,... more

Human rights groups urge countries to call for Nabeel Rajab's release

Human rights groups have written to 50 states urging them to call on the Bahraini... more

Human rights groups urge countries to call for Nabeel Rajab’s release

Human rights groups have written to 50 states urging them to call on the Bahraini... more

Protest in Diraz on Morning of Eid Al-Adha

Citizens of Diraz and the protestors in front of Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house staged a... more

HRC33: EU statement Item 2

At the 33rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council Geneva, 13-30 September 2016, EU delivers... more

UNHRC33: Government of Bahrain Denies Allegations of Human Rights Violations

At the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council held in Geneva, the... more

Event in Geneva: Closing Civil Society, Religious & Political Space in Bahrain

On 14 September, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), together with the Americans for... more

BCHR at HRC33: the Arrest of Nabeel Rajab and Opression on Shia Community

On 14 September, the intervention under Item 2 on the Annual report of the UN High... more

Collective Efforts: International Calls for Accountability and Reform in Bahrain

In 2011, the Government of Bahrain violently suppressed the country’s peaceful pro-democracy movement. More than... more

UN High Commissioner Urges Bahrain to Implement HRC Recommendations

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid bin Ra’ad Al-Hussein said on Tuesday... more