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US concerned about steps taken by Government of Bahrain
On 13 September, Keith Harper, US Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council, delivered... more
UN High Commissoner for Human Rights calls on Bahrain to comply with human rights mechanisms
13 September 2016 – In his opening statement of the 33rd session of the United... more
BCHR at HRC33: Discussing Issues Faced by Human Rights Defenders in Bahrain
The intervention was delivered under Item 3 on arbitrary detention in Bahrain by Sayed Alwadaei,... more
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Calls on the Bahraini Government for Compliance with the Human Rights Mechanisms
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein, Calls on Bahraini Government to... more
Human Rights Watch Testimony at Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing on Human Rights in Bahrain: Next Steps
Chairman McGovern, Chairman Pitts, members of the Commission, thank you for the invitation to testify... more
Human Rights First’s Dooley Testifies on Bahrain before Congressional Committee
In testimony today before the U.S. Congress’s Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights, Human Rights First’s Brian... more
Bahrain Clerics Appeal to HRC: Sectarian Persecution Reached Dangerous Levels
Bahrain’s Shiite clerics sent a letter to the Head of the United Nations Human Rights... more
Bahraini Authorities Sentence More Activists to Prison Terms for Criticising the King
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses grave concern over the increasing number of... more
Deep Concerns at Health of Detainee Khalil Al-Halwachi after Suffering from Stroke that Made him Lose Ability to Move
Bahrain Mirror: Head of the Monitoring and documentation department at the European-Bahraini Organization for Human... more
US calls for release of Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab
The US State Department on Tuesday called for Rajab’s immediate release after The New York... more