Category Archives: General

Thousands Commemorate Ashura outside Bahraini Shiite Spiritual Leader's House

Thousands of Bahraini citizens continue to commemorate Ashura outside the house of Shiite majority spiritual... more

Bahrain detains man for "defamatory" sectarian tweet

Officials in Bahrain say a man has been detained for writing a post on Twitter... more

U.S. Government Urged to Link F-16 Sales to Bahrain to Release of Prominent Human Rights Defender

Human Rights First today urged the U.S. government to link the proposed sale of F-16 fighter jets to... more

Bahrain top court rejects release of opposition chief

Bahrain’s top court rejected Monday a request to release Shiite opposition chief cleric Ali Salman,... more

One Torturer to Another: Kissinger Honors Bahrain FM With Award

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger—known for orchestrating bloody coups and wars—awarded Bahrain’s Foreign Affairs... more

Lockheed's Jet Sale to Bahrain Blocked for Human Rights Violations

The Obama administration has told Congress it won’t complete approval for Bahrain to buy as... more

Nabeel Rajab to undergo surgery on Monday

Bahrain Mirror: The president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab will undergo a... more

BCHR at HRC33: Bahrain Hostile to OHCHR's Cooperation Programs

On 29 September Asma Darwish, Advocacy Officer at the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) delivered an... more

Bahraini FM Denies Targeting Shiites, Says Gov’t Knows Better about Country than UN

The Bahraini Foreign Minister, Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, denied the existence of any measures... more

Prominent HR Activist Nabeel Rajab to be Transferred to Deplorable Prison by "Force"

Adam Rajab, son of prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, said that the detention... more