Category Archives: Freedom of expression
Bahrain Renews the Detention of Leading Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) strongly condemns the public prosecution’s renewal of BCHR’s... more
More arrests and jail sentences in Bahrain over social media posts
The alarming increase in the number of arrests in Bahrain for social media posts is... more
Bahrain: journalist’s ten-year jail term upheld, two arrested without warrant
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores an appeal court’s decision to uphold freelance press photographer Sayed... more
Poets suffer arrest and prosecution in Bahrain for exercising their freedom of speech
Bahrain has suffered from a series of stinging attacks on the freedom of artistic... more
Bahrain shatters façade of reform with ruthless persecution of key opposition leader
Nobody saw it coming. In a shocking new blow to freedom of expression last week... more
UN expert condemns the sentencing of the opposition leader Sheikh Ali al-Salman
The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, today condemned the... more
Bahrain Court of Appeal Increases the Sentence of Al-Wefaq’s Sheikh Ali Salman to Nine Years in Prison
Today, 30 May 2016, the Bahraini Court of Appeal toughened the sentence against Sheikh Ali... more
Bahraini cleric sentenced to prison for “unauthorized sermon”
The Bahrain Center of Human Rights (BCHR) condemns the Bahraini authorities’ continued persecution and detention... more
10 NGO's Call For Protecting Religious Freedoms and Ending Sectarian Discrimination on Bahrain's Religious Freedom Day
Bahrainis have always been committed to the principles of tolerance, coexistence, mutual respect and religious... more
More prison sentences and interrogations for free expression “crimes” in Bahrain such as “insulting the king”
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses its deep concern over the Bahraini authorities... more