Category Archives: Attacks on activists

BAHRAINI OPPOSITION MEMBER AT RISK OF TORTURE: NIZAR AL-QARI

On 5 May, Nizar al-Qari, a member of the opposition party al-Wefaq, was arrested and... more

Widespread Reprisals against Activists Ahead of UPR

Bahraini authorities have initiated a new campaign of reprisals against political activists, human rights defenders,... more

Bahrain bars civil society from participating in the UPR review

Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is highly concerned about the recent move by the... more

Foreign Office silent over alleged UK training of Bahraini forces’ shooting of teenager

Mustafa Hamdan dies of head wound after police shooting by security forces trained and overseen... more

Bahrain Regime Targets Families of Dissidents in Fresh Reprisals

Maybe Washington’s allies in the Bahraini regime learned the art of reprisals from their old... more

Human Rights Activist: Bahrain, Backed by U.S., is Targeting My Family

In early March, a group of masked men accompanied by police officers arrested my brother-in-law in Bahrain. Three... more

HRC 34: Swiss Intervention, General debate (item 4)

On 14 March at the 34th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland... more

Bahrain targets families of human rights defenders to intimidate them

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) is gravely concerned about recent attempts by the... more

Bahrain: Activist’s Family Targeted

Bahraini authorities are apparently targeting the family members of a prominent Bahraini activist in retribution... more

Exiled Bahraini activist’s family ‘detained as revenge’

Family members of a London-based Bahraini activist have reportedly been arrested on the Gulf island... more