Category Archives: Arrests

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

Six Children Are Detained Arbitrarily in Betelco Home

Six children are currently detained in Betelco Child Welfare Home after the Public Prosecution extended... more

On the International Day of Education: it is a shared endeavor & a public good

24 January 2022 marks the fourth International Day of Education since the United Nations General... more

Bahrain National Day 2021 Statement

In advance of Bahrain’s National Day tomorrow, BCHR calls for the Bahraini authorities to release... 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

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

UN expert alarmed by prolonged detention of human rights defenders in Bahrain

A UN expert called on Bahrain to immediately release three human rights defenders suffering long... more

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) renews its call and urges the Bahraini government to immediately release all activists

The authorities in Bahrain began at dawn, on Wednesday 11 March 2020, for several days,... more

NGOs Raise Concern Over Forcibly Disappeared Sayed Alawi

TO: Ministry of Interior Ombudsman 10th Floor, Bronze Towers Building 204, Road 2803, Block 428... more

Bahrain charges activist with ‘terrorism’

Bahrain has slapped terrorism charges on an activist who tweeted criticism of the government’s treatment... more