Category Archives: General

No Right to Rights: A Report into Human Rights Violations Committed by BAHRAINI Authorities

The most recent constitution of Bahrain defines it as a constitutional monarchy. The King is... more

Bahrain: On 7th anniversary of beginning of popular movement, NGOs call for end to systematic targeting of human rights defenders and journalists

On the 7th anniversary of the peaceful popular movement of the Bahraini people which started... more

BCHR-FIDH Oral Statement at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council

UPR Bahrain FIDH-BCHR Mr. President, Today’s final outcome report for the UPR of Bahrain raises... more

The 27th UPR Session in Geneva on Bahrain’s Human Rights Record

Report about the The 27th UPR Session in Geneva on Bahrain’s Human Rights Record. In... more

Taking out the trash: UK foreign office report heaps praise on Bahrain

Index on Censorship welcomes UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson’s interest in human rights. The UK... more

How the assault on independent media in Bahrain silenced a trusted regional watchdog

Last month in Bahrain, one of the Gulf region’s few truly independent media outlets, Al... more

RSF calls for Bahraini journalist’s conviction to be overturned

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Bahraini authorities to overturn journalist Nazeeha Saeed’s conviction on... more

The Middle East needs 'more independent media, not less'

The Bahraini government recently shuttered the country’s only independent newspaper. Exiled journalist Nazeeha Saeed writes... more

Bahrain authorities must rescind decision to close only independent newspaper Al-Wasat and cease all-out campaign to end independent reporting

Amnesty International calls on the Bahraini authorities to rescind their arbitrary decision to close the... more

In Bahrain, Human Rights Situation Deteriorating

Although Bahrain’s 2011 uprising, which saw Shiites targeted and protesters violently silenced, seems a long... more