Category Archives: Excessive force

HRW: Bahrain: Gunshot Deaths Require Swift Investigation

14-Year-Old Boy Killed by Birdshot is the Tenth Since 2011 June 12, 2014 (Beirut) –... more

Amnesty Int’l | Bahrain: must ensure accountability for child killed during a protest

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC STATEMENT 23 May 2014 Index: MDE 11/016/2014   Bahrain must ensure accountability... more

Denial in Bahrain? The Links Between Sickle Cell Disease, Detention and Tear Gas.

Dr. Gearóid Ó Cuinn Since the outbreak of pro-reform protests in Bahrain in early 2011... more

Bahrain: The Authorities Confront the Protests and Demonstrations on the 3rd Anniversary of Public Protests with Suppression

69 Protestors Arrested in 3 Days and Tens of Injuries The Bahrain Center for Human... more

Bahrain’s government ‘addicted to teargas’

DW- Activists in Bahrain say the misuse of teargas by security forces against protesters amounts... more

HRW: Bahrain: Investigate Fatal Shooting by Police

(Beirut) – Bahraini authorities should urgently open an independent and impartial investigation into a January... more

Amnesty Int’l: Bahrain: Death of young detainee shot in head must be investigated

The Bahraini authorities must immediately investigate the death in custody of a 19-year-old boy who... more

Bahrain: Victim of Enforced Disappearance confirmed dead after being shot by police

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights is appalled by the news of the extra-judicial killing... more

Bahrain Watch: Urgent Appeals to UN OHCHR to Stop Tear Gas Shipment

#StopTheShipment Actions Continue as Korean Gov’t Weighs Issuing Export License Advocacy group Bahrain Watch today... more

Bahrain: Weaponized Tear Gas in Bahrain Leaves Young Man in Vegetative State

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses grave concern in regards to authorities in Bahrain... more