Category Archives: General

BCHR at HRC33: the Arrest of Nabeel Rajab and Opression on Shia Community

On 14 September, the intervention under Item 2 on the Annual report of the UN High... more

Collective Efforts: International Calls for Accountability and Reform in Bahrain

In 2011, the Government of Bahrain violently suppressed the country’s peaceful pro-democracy movement. More than... more

UN High Commissioner Urges Bahrain to Implement HRC Recommendations

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid bin Ra’ad Al-Hussein said on Tuesday... more

US concerned about steps taken by Government of Bahrain

On 13 September, Keith Harper, US Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council, delivered... more

UN High Commissoner for Human Rights calls on Bahrain to comply with human rights mechanisms

13 September 2016 – In his opening statement of the 33rd session of the United... more

BCHR at HRC33: Discussing Issues Faced by Human Rights Defenders in Bahrain

The intervention was delivered under Item 3 on arbitrary detention in Bahrain by Sayed Alwadaei,... more

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, Calls on the Bahraini Government for Compliance with the Human Rights Mechanisms

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein, Calls on Bahraini Government to... more

Human Rights Watch Testimony at Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing on Human Rights in Bahrain: Next Steps

Chairman McGovern, Chairman Pitts, members of the Commission, thank you for the invitation to testify... more

Human Rights First’s Dooley Testifies on Bahrain before Congressional Committee

In testimony today before the U.S. Congress’s Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights, Human Rights First’s Brian... more

BCHR Submits Written Statement on Bahrain to the Human Rights Council

On the occasion of the 33nd session of the Human Rights Council, BCHR in conjunction... more