Category Archives: General
HRC Member States Condemn Bahraini Measures against Opposition
More member states at the UN Human Rights Council condemned on Monday (September 19, 2016),... more
BCHR at HRC33: Bahrain Did Not Follow Up on Recommendations
On 23 September, Erin Sigmon from Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrian (ADHRB), delivered... more
BCHR at HRC33: Reprisals Against Human Rights Defenders
On 23 September, Maryam al-Khawaja, Co-Director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), delivered an... more
'Final nail in the coffin of reform': Bahrain dissolves opposition group
A Bahraini appeals court on Thursday upheld an order dissolving the country’s main opposition group... more
Students in Diraz Pass by Armored Vehicles to Reach their Schools
Barriers and barbed wires are spread everywhere in Diraz. Dozens of soldiers and checkpoints stop... more
Bahrain: today's dissolution of main opposition party is 'flagrant attack on freedom of expression'
In response to a Bahraini court’s decision today to uphold the dissolution of the country’s... more
Prince Charles under fire following official visit to Bahrain, amid rising levels of torture and oppression
Human rights campaigners have criticised Prince Charles over a scheduled visit to Bahrain amid claims... more
Canadian firm helping Bahrain censor the web
Researchers have identified a Canadian company at the center of a small Arab nation’s online... more
Prince Charles to visit Bahrain: Here are some things he should consider
Prince Charles is to make an official visit to Bahrain in November despite the escalating... more
‘Democratic’ doublespeak in Bahrain: how the government spins its summer of repression
Since the beginning of June, the Government of Bahrain has forcibly exiled activist Zainab al-Khawaja; denaturalized the country’s most... more