Category Archives: Freedom of expression

BCHR Condemns Bahraini Authorities’ Continued Targeting of Human Rights Defenders

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expressed on the International Day of Non-Violence, marked October... more

HRW: Why No Outcry Over Nabeel Rajab?

In January 2014, Stephen Colbert interviewed Human Rights Watch’s executive director Ken Roth and asked him who... more

Index on Censorship: Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab put in isolation ahead of 6 October trial

On Sunday 25 September Nabeel Rajab was transferred from the West Riffa Police Station to... more

Bahrain: Foreign Minister glosses over rights record at UN General Assembly

27 September 2016 – Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Khalid Al Khalifa delivered a statement yesterday on behalf of... more

Imprisoned Opposition Leader Interrogated over UNHRC Intervention Delivered on his Behalf

On 15 September 2016, the Bahraini authorities summoned opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman, General Secretary... more

US Representative at HRC Expresses Concerns over Freedom of Expression in Bahrain

The US Representative to the Human Rights Council, Keith Harper, expressed his country’s concerns over... more

Bahrain: ‘Call for Nabeel Rajab’s release’, rights groups urge 50 governments

Rights groups yesterday wrote to the governments of 50 states urging them to publicly call... more

Bahrain: ‘Call for Nabeel Rajab’s release’, Rights Groups Urge 50 Governments

15 September 2016 – The Bahrain Center for Human Rights, together with 21 other NGOs,... more

Bahraini Authorities Sentence More Activists to Prison Terms for Criticising the King

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses grave concern over the increasing number of... more

Australian Greens Party Seeks Halting Export of Advanced Monitoring Devices to Bahrain

The Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights said that The Australian Greens (Australia’s Green... more