Category Archives: Restrictive laws

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

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

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

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

Bahrain Has Yet to Enact Access to Information Law

The right of access to information falls within the general framework of freedom of expression.... more

Press in Bahrain: Silencing and Absence of Freedoms

On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, celebrated... more

Bahrain: The Alternative Penal Code between implementation and actual appliance

Bahrain enacted the Penal Code on alternative sentencing for prisoners facing cases and prison sentences,... more

Assessing the Human Rights Situation in Bahrain: Report on Bahrain's Implementation of its ICCPR Obligations

Bahrain Center for Human Rights presented information to the UN Human rights Committee that has ... more

Terrorising People by the Law of Terrorism:

The «War on Terrorism» is a modern term that has emerged after the events of... more

Side Event at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council: Maytham Al-Salman's statement

Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, prominent figure of the Human Rights movement in Bahrain, shared a statement... more