Category Archives: Torture in Bahrain
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
Torture Victims in Bahrain Are Still Waiting for Redress and Accountability
“Torturers must never be allowed to get away with their crimes, and systems that enable... more
BCHR Human Rights Day Statement, 10 December 2021
Seventy-three years ago today, the world’s nations came together to adopt the Universal Declaration of... more
Prisoner of Conscience Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace Continues His Hunger Strike for The Fifth Consecutive Month
Background Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace, imprisoned Bahraini academic, political activist, and human rights defender continues his... more