Category Archives: General

Bahrain moves to ban opposition party and let army courts try civilians

Bahrain has taken steps to ban the main opposition party and transfer many civilian judicial... more

Bahrain Parliament's Approval of Military Trials for Civilians ‘Disaster for Human Rights’

Rights groups condemned on Monday the decision of the Bahraini Parliament a day earlier to... more

Human Rights in the Aftermath of Arab Spring – the Kingdom of Bahrain

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) in collaboration with the Public Library is holding... more

Bahrain approves military trial for civilians

Bahrain’s upper house of parliament on Sunday approved a constitutional amendment which grants military courts... more

Britain ignores Bahrain's human rights record to pursue business interests with dictatorship

Britain’s multi-million pound trade and aid strategy for programs in Bahrain needs exposed as the... more

Bahrain's Parliament Approves Military Trials for Civilians

Bahrain’s Parliament approved a constitutional change on Sunday that will allow military courts to try... more

Bahrain advances military trials for suspected militants

Bahrain’s top government advisory body passed a constitutional amendment allowing suspected militants to be tried... more

Bahrain Files Lawsuit to Dissolve Secular Political Party

Bahrain’s government filed a lawsuit Monday to dissolve a secular political party, the second-such organization... more

EXCLUSIVE: UK refuses to back UN statement on Bahrain rights abuses

The British government has refused to back a joint United Nations statement criticising Bahrain over... more

GCC Cases Raised in the HRC 34 Special Procedures Joint Communications Report

Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) has compiled a brief summary of the... more