Category Archives: Restrictive laws

Bahrain: End Degrading Treatment of Activists

Shackling Detainees Among New Punitive Regulations Bahraini authorities’ treatment of wrongfully imprisoned detainees violates international... more

Bahrain: “Undeclared Martial Law”

The outright militarization of the security apparatus has infected more and more sectors of Bahraini... more

Bahrain: on the brink of human rights crisis

Written statement submitted by Amnesty International, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status Resumption of executions... more

Bahrain’s Third Cycle UPR: A Record of Repression

Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) together with Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD)... more

250 Days of Internet Shutdown Costs Residents Over $500,000 #KeepItOn

Telecom companies in Bahrain have been deliberately disrupting internet services in the village of Duraz... more

Disregarding BICI Recommendation, Bahrain Tightens Powerful Grip of National Security Agency (NSA)

In a move marking a significant step back on the path to democratic reforms, on... more

Bahrain Partially Suspends Alwasat, Only Independent Newspaper

17 January 2017 – Bahrain’s Ministry of Information Affairs (MIA) yesterday issued an order to... more

BAHRAIN: FURTHER INFORMATION: BAHRAINI OPPOSITION LEADER’S RETRIAL DATE SET

On 17 October the Cassation Court rejected the Appeal Court’s decision to extend the opposition... more

October 31 To Test Bahrain’s Reforms

Monday October 31 will be a vital test for Bahrain. Two scheduled court verdicts will... more

BHRS: 7 Sentenced to Death in Bahrain Face Poor, Death-like Prison Conditions

The Bahrain Human Rights Society said in a statement issued Monday (October 11, 2016) on... more