Category Archives: Restrictive laws
Bahrain King: Up to 7 Years Imprisonment if You Insult Me!
Bahrain King passes new amendment to Article 214 that allows up to 7 years imprisonment... more
BCHR Publishes Report On Prosecutions For 'Insulting The King'
Read the full text pdf here. The authorities in Bahrain have been escalating the... more
Bahrain: Ministry Of Education Bans Schools From Publishing News And Photos On Electronic Websites
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its concern for the persistence of official bodies... more
Bahrain rights groups back Ceartas call not to re-elect Bahrain’s Attorney General
Leading Bahrain human rights organisations have supported a call by Ceartas – Irish Lawyers for... more
Bahrain: Concern about recommendations for harsher punishments against Terrorism
Press briefing notes Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Cécile Pouilly... more
HRW: Bahrain: End Takeover of Lawyers’ Group
Revoke Order Canceling Election Results DECEMBER 20, 2011 (New York) – Bahraini authorities should immediately... more
Bahrain Law on Counter Terrorism
Draft Law of Bahrain on counter-terrorism Presented by the Government of Bahrain to the house... more
The Arrest of the BCHR president for his solidarity with Al-Mirbati's Family-Al-Mirbati the Forgotten Prisoner in the Saudi
In Solitary Confinement Since 7 Years Abdul-Raheem Al-Mirbati the Forgotten Prisoner in the Saudi Jails... more
Minister of Information replaced following TV programme critical of ruling elite corruption
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) has learned that the Bahraini Minister of Information,... more