Category Archives: Discrimination

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

Bahrain: Escalating Repression of the Limited Public Authority

“People are equal in human dignity, and citizens are equal before the law in public... more

Bahrain: The Authorities Continue to Oppress the Shia Sect

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights condemns the continued policies of the Authority in Bahrain... more

USCIRF 2014 Annual Report on Religious Freedom: Bahrain

  In January 2014, a USCIRF delegation traveled to Manama as a follow-up to a... more

BCHR Releases Report On Family Law in Bahrain

  Link to the full report.   Bahrain is a signatory of the 1979 U.N.... more

BCHR Releases Report on Discrimination Against Women in Bahraini Society and Legislation

  Link to the full report.   Since the King of Bahrain assumed the throne... more

Bahrain: The Authority Imposes Restrictions on Religious Freedoms and Continues to Wipe Out the Cultural and Historical Heritage

Barbaghi Mosque, Destroyed by the Authority in April 2011 and Intends to Change its Historical... more

Updates: Bahrain: Authorities Promoting Sectarian Tensions by Targeting Shia Muslims During Ashoura

  The Bahrain Center for Human Rights and the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights... more