Category Archives: News and Statements

HRC57 Side Event – 12 September 2024 A Decade of Human Rights in Bahrain – Assessing Developments from 2014 to 2024

On 12 September 2024, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, the Bahrain Center for... more

Open Prisons: A Modern Form of Penalty

In the past decade or so, many reports emerged on the poor situation of prisons... more

BCHR take active part in the UPR 2022 Pre-session on Bahrain in Geneva

On the 31 August 2022, Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), has been selected to... more

Bahrain: Prisoners of conscience denied proper medical care, including Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, on hunger strike for a year

Prisoners in Bahrain are suffering due to poor conditions and lack of adequate medical care,... more

BCHR fears a tuberculosis outbreak in Jau prison

Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses concern about reports of tuberculosis in Jau prison.... more

Application of Political Isolation Law against Bahrain Society for Human Rights

We learned at the Bahrain Center for Human Rights that the Bahraini Society for Human... more

On the International Day of Education: it is a shared endeavor & a public good

24 January 2022 marks the fourth International Day of Education since the United Nations General... more

Bahrain: Request for support to free imprisoned human rights defender Dr Abduljalil AlSingace, on hunger strike since July 2021

We, the undersigned human rights organisations, are writing to call for the immediate and unconditional... more

On 2022: Let us heal!

It is another year arriving, and for 2022 we are hanging on hope and are... more

Members of BCHR targeted by Pegasus spyware

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