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