Category Archives: Attacks on activists

BCHR Human Rights Day Statement, 10 December 2021

Seventy-three years ago today, the world’s nations came together to adopt the Universal Declaration of... more

Prisoner of Conscience Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace Continues His Hunger Strike for The Fifth Consecutive Month

Background Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace, imprisoned Bahraini academic, political activist, and human rights defender continues his... more

Cosmetic Reforms: Assessing Bahrain’s Implementation of the BICI Recommendations Ten Years Later

23 November 2021 marks the tenth anniversary of the King’s adoption of the recommendations of... more

Post-Pegasus: Protecting Human Rights Defenders in the 21st Century

On 29 October 2021, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) hosted a panel titled... more

Members of BCHR targeted by Pegasus spyware

Between June 2020 and February 2021, Bahrain surveilled human rights activists, dissidents, and members of... more

Rights Groups Urge Bahrain to Release Dr Abduljalil Al Singace, Jailed Academic on Hunger Strike

Bahrain Centre for Human Rights alongside 16 leading human rights groups including Amnesty International, Scholars... more

On Nelson Mandela Day, BCHR: The struggle is for a better Bahrain

Today, July 18th, marks Nelson Mandela International Day. It is on this day that we... more

UN Experts’ Joint Communication to Bahrain Government on Tortured HRDs Sentenced to Life

On 3 May 2021, Mary Lawlor who is the Special Rapporteur on the situation of... more

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights: The ongoing targeting of lawyers

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses its concern with the harassment, threats, unfair... more

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) renews its call and urges the Bahraini government to immediately release all activists

The authorities in Bahrain began at dawn, on Wednesday 11 March 2020, for several days,... more