Category Archives: Torture in Bahrain

BCHR, ADHRB, BIRD Submit Report on Bahrain Torture to UN-CAT

13 April 2015, London – The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, Americans for Democracy... more

Amnesty International: URGENT ACTION

TORTURED TO ‘CONFESS’, ACTIVIST NOW STANDS TRIAL Bahraini human rights activist Hussain Jawad stood trial... more

Bahrain : Reports of Torture Haunt Bahrain’s CID

Last week President Obama got it right about terrorism and its causes. Speaking at a... more

Shadow Report ahead of Committee against Torture’s considerations of a List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Bahrain in its 54th session

Today, 9 February 2015, Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) together with Bahrain Institute for Rights... more

Bahrain: Family Of Enforced Disappearance Victim Mohsen Al-Majid Reports Torture In Detention

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its concern over reports of the security forces’... more

NGOs Condemn Death Penalty Sentence of Mohammed Ramadan and Husain Ali Moosa

30 December 2014 – On 29 December, a Bahraini court sentenced Mohammed Ramadan and Husain... more

Bahrain: NGOs Condemn Refoulement of Ali Haroun

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain... more

Inmate Reportedly Beaten to Death at Bahrain’s Central Prison

On 6 November 2014, 36 year-old Hasan Majeed al-Shaikh was found dead at Bahrain’s Jaw... more

Bahraini photographer Ammar Abdul Rasool, subjected to torture over a photograph he shot

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights expresses its deep concern over the continuing policy of... more

Bahrain: Rehabilitate Torture Victims

(Beirut) – Bahrain should provide victims of torture with physical and psychological rehabilitation, Human Rights... more