Category Archives: Discrimination

Bahrain Clerics Appeal to HRC: Sectarian Persecution Reached Dangerous Levels

Bahrain’s Shiite clerics sent a letter to the Head of the United Nations Human Rights... more

Further restrictions aimed at curtailing Bahraini opposition’s participation in political decisions

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) condemns the Bahraini parliament and Shura Council’s passage... more

US Commission on International Religious Freedom: 2016 Annual Report

During the past year, there was an increase in the number of interrogations, detentions, and... more

Attacks on Muharram Ceremonies in Bahrain

29 October 2015 – The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Americans for Democracy &... more

BCHR Releases Volume II of Shia Discrimination Report

15 September 2015 — Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain... more

Discrimination And Lack of Transparency in the Distribution of Scholarships in Bahrain

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses concern over acts of discrimination and a... more

Bahrain: Event Summary – Religious Discrimination in Bahrain

Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain, in coordination with the Bahrain Institute for... more

New Report on Shia Discrimination in Bahrain: Apart in Their Own Land

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain... more

Bahrain: Stop arbitrarily rendering citizens stateless

04 February 2015 Amnesty International is seriously concerned about the Bahraini authorities’ increasing resort to... more

Bahrain: Escalation in Hate Speech and Incitement to Violence by the Former Intelligence Colonel Adel Flaifel Under the Policy of Impunity

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its concern for the continuing policy of impunity... more