Category Archives: Restrictive laws
Bahrain: Verdict against Human Rights Defender (HRD) Sayed Yusuf Almuhafdha
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses deep concern over the recent verdict against... more
Bahrain Center calls for a retrial of minor convicts, respect for their rights as children, and an end to the violations committed against them
While young convicts in the “Al-Hawd Al-Jaf ” Prison are subjected to grave violations, official... more
Call for the urgent release of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
The Bahrain Centre of Human Rights (BCHR) calls for the urgent and immediate release of... more
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