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 revoke... 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... 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... more

Bahrain's King on Discrimination – CNN

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