Category Archives: Torture in Bahrain

From the Ground: Torture Systematic in Bahrain

Since October 2013, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) has regularly received... more

Bahrain’s Miscarriage of Justice in Sentencing 57 Jau Prisoners

  On Monday, 25 January 2016, Bahrain’s public prosecutor announced that a court had sentenced 57 men... more

HRW report: Bahrain: Detainees Tortured, Abused

(Beirut, November 23, 2015) – Bahraini security forces are torturing detainees during interrogation, Human Rights Watch... more

Bahraini Court Approves Capital Punishment of Torture Victims

16 November 2015 – London – Bahrain’s Court of Cassation today rejected the final appeal... more

Bahraini court upholds death sentence for torture victims

16 November 2015 – Washington, DC – Bahrain’s Court of Cassation today rejected the final... more

Bahrain: Torture and Unfair trials for opposition affiliates sends the 7th man to death row

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) condemns the Bahraini authorities’ use of capital punishment... more

Bahrain: Court ignores complaints of torture and continues to try Mr Khalil al-Helwaji

Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses its concern at the behaviour of the Bahraini... more

Hassan Jaber Al Qattan Subjected to Torture in Jau Prison

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses deep concern over the ongoing practice of... more

Report – Imprisonment, torture and statelessness: The darkening reality of human rights defenders in Bahrain

Human rights defenders in Bahrain are operating in a shrinking space, says the Observatory in... more

Inside Jau: Report Finds Rampant Torture and Abuse Inside Bahrain’s Political Prison

26 June 2015 – Bahrain’s prison authorities continue to humiliate, torture and mistreat inmates at... more