Category Archives: Attacks on activists
BIRD: Protest to support jailed Bahraini blogger and academic
Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace is a prominent Bahraini blogger and academic protesting prison conditions in Bahrain.... more
NGOs Condemn Arrest of Former al-Wefaq MP Sheikh Hasan Isa
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain... more
Bahrain: Release of Leading Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab Must Be Followed With More Steps for Consistent Protection of Human Rights
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) welcomes the release of BCHR’s president and leading... more
Bahrain: 23 Days after his Release, Authorities Re-arrest Opposition Leader Ebrahim Sharif
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses concern over the ongoing practice by the... more
Women Human Rights Activists Zainab Al-Khawaja and Ghada Jamsheer sentenced to prison again
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) condemns in the strongest terms recent court verdict... more
Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab loses appeal against sentence
Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab has had his six-month prison sentence upheld on appeal.... more
Bahrain: Court of appeal upholds Nabeel Rajab’s 6-month prison sentence
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the ongoing judicial... more
Open Letter to Barack Obama by Human Rights Defender Sayed Yousif AlMahafdah
Dear President Obama, Martin Luther King linked the fight for freedom, equality, and justice for... more
May Champions for Justice: The Bahrain 13
The Bahrain 13 are a group of opposition leaders, rights activists, bloggers and Shi’a clerics... more
Nabeel Rajab’s case update
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights condemns the arrest and detention of Nabeel Rajab, a... more