Category Archives: Torture in Bahrain

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

Cosmetic Reforms: Assessing Bahrain’s Implementation of the BICI Recommendations Ten Years Later

23 November 2021 marks the tenth anniversary of the King’s adoption of the recommendations of... more

Tortured & then executed: Ali Al Arab & Ahmed Al Malali

The death penalty is a punishment that has been fairly uncommon prior to the Arab... more

UN Experts’ Joint Communication to Bahrain Government on Tortured HRDs Sentenced to Life

On 3 May 2021, Mary Lawlor who is the Special Rapporteur on the situation of... more

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Today, June 26th marks the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. It... more

Defective and Deficient: A Review of Bahrain’s National Human Rights Bodies

In the aftermath of the Bahraini uprising in 2011, the King of Bahrain ordered the... more

Bahrain: Torture is the Policy and Impunity is the Norm

A Report by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) produced in cooperation with the... more

Ongoing Executions in Bahrain

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) condemns the death sentence recently issued by the... more