Category Archives: NGO News
Report: Human Rights Defenders Under Attack
Report: Human Rights Defenders Under Attack Experiences collected from the work of Rafto Foundation for... more
AlKhawaja: Imprisoned since 2011 in Bahrain yet a human rights symbol around the world
Abdul-Hadi AlKhawaja, Bahraini human rights defender still-imprisoned for 11 years now, receives the Martin Ennals... more
Nobel Women’s Initiative launches UNFINISHED REVOLUTION: WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN MENA
Over a decade ago, women activists took to the streets in great numbers in several... 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
Three inspiring leaders of the human rights movement, Laureates of the 2022 Martin Ennals Award
Three driving forces of the human rights movement are the Laureates of the 2022 Martin... 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
BCHR Participates in FAWCO Human Rights in Focus Virtual Conference
On 4 November 2021, Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) participated in FAWCO’s Human Rights... more
BCHR in the World Movement for Democracy’s 10th General Meeting
On the 7th and 8th of July of this year, the Bahrain Center for Human... more
2021 World Press Freedom Index: Journalism, the vaccine against disinformation, blocked in more than 130 countries
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 20 April 2021. The 2021 World Press Freedom Index... more
Karim Fakhrawi
Karim Fakhrawi, founder and board member of Al-Wasat, Bahrain’s premier independent daily newspaper, was tortured to... more