Category Archives: Attacks on activists
Bahrain: Put An End To The Systematic Surveillance Practices On Activists And Human Rights Defenders
“No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence,... more
Bahrain: Harassment of leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab at Heathrow Airport
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) express... more
HRW: Bahrain: Drop Charges against Opposition Leaders
(Beirut) – Bahrain should immediately drop charges against two prominent opposition members for meeting with... more
Activist Abdulelah Almahoozi At Great Risk Of Torture If Handed Over To Bahraini Authorities By German Police
Update (16 July 2014) – Almahoozi was released from detention. 13 July 2014- The... more
Front Line Defenders: Bahrain – Interrogation of human rights defender Mr Youssef Ahmed Abdel Rasool amidst ongoing harassment of BYSHR members
On 10 June 2014, Mr Youssef Ahmed Abdel Rasool was summoned by criminal prosecution authorities... more
Bahrain releases a leading human rights defender and upheld 15 years sentence against another
The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR)... more
GCHR: Reprisals against human rights defenders must end and stronger action should be taken to protect them
Human rights defenders undertake legitimate and peaceful human rights work under continuous threats to their... more
Bahrain: BCHR and GCHR Welcome Back Prominent Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)... more
High Court slams HMRC for unlawful concealing of information surrounding export of spyware FinFisher
In a damning judgment today the Administrative Court declared that Her Majesty’s Revenue and... more
Bahrain: Detainee At Risk Of Deportation Due To The Discriminatory Citizenship Law
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses concern over the possibility of expulsion/deportation of a... more