Category Archives: Torture in Bahrain
Bahrain: Escalating Wave of Arbitrary Arrests and Systematic Suppression of Peaceful Assembly During the First Half of 2026
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses grave alarm over the Bahraini authorities’... more
Torture in Bahrain: Accountability Remains the Missing Element
On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed... more
“Urgent Call for Action: Deteriorating Conditions at Jau Prison – Denial of Medical Care, Electricity Cuts, and Restricted Communication”
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses its grave concern regarding the deteriorating conditions... more
Bahrain Center calls for an end to the systematic torture inside interrogation centers to extract confessions…and appeals to protect the victims.
Torture is a crime under international law, and it is completely prohibited according to all... 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
Bahrain: Death Sentences Follow Torture, Sham Trials: Court Records Show Pervasive Rights Violations
(Beirut, October 10, 2022) – Bahraini courts have convicted and sentenced defendants to death following... more
Kingdom of Bahrain Joint Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review 41st Session of the UPR Working Group
March 2022 Submitted by: Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) (ECOSOC Status)... more
Open Prisons: A Modern Form of Penalty
In the past decade or so, many reports emerged on the poor situation of prisons... 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
Enforced disappearance has a negative effect that paralyzes the victim depriving him from protection of the law
Since the start of the popular movement in February of 2011, the authorities in Bahrain... more