Category Archives: Media
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
Media in Bahrain: Constrained & a Propaganda Tool for the Government
Media overview in Bahrain Between 1939 and 1940, Bahrain witnessed the opening of its first... 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
Bahraini Journalist Nazeeha Saeed is Announced a Winner at the Arab Journalism Competition
Yesterday, the 23rd of September 2021, the Mohamed Hassanein Heikal Foundation for Arab Journalism announced... more
The Closure of Alwasat and the Decline of Human Rights in Bahrain
Today, June 4th, marks the 4th anniversary of the arbitrary shutdown of Alwasat, the only... more
Press in Bahrain: Restricting the Word & Blocking Freedom
On World Press Freedom Day, Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) held a webinar addressing... more
How the assault on independent media in Bahrain silenced a trusted regional watchdog
Last month in Bahrain, one of the Gulf region’s few truly independent media outlets, Al... more
Bahrain charges activist with ‘terrorism’
Bahrain has slapped terrorism charges on an activist who tweeted criticism of the government’s treatment... more
Rights group: Bahraini activist charged under terrorism law
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Bahraini rights group says a female activist has... more