Category Archives: Prisoner’s Rights

Bahrain Center calls for a retrial of minor convicts, respect for their rights as children, and an end to the violations committed against them

While young convicts in the “Al-Hawd Al-Jaf ” Prison are subjected to grave violations, official... more

Call for the urgent release of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja

The Bahrain Centre of Human Rights (BCHR) calls for the urgent and immediate release of... more

130 human rights organizations appeal to the Pope of the Vatican to demand the release of prisoners of conscience in Bahrain

On the occasion of his upcoming visit to Bahrain, we wish on the Pope to... more

Kingdom of Bahrain Joint Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review 41st Session of the UPR Working Group

March 2022 Submitted by: Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) (ECOSOC Status)... more

Bahrain: As Universal Periodic Review and elections approach, NGOs call for prisoners of conscience to be released

At an event on 28 September 2022 during the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 51st... more

Open Prisons: A Modern Form of Penalty

In the past decade or so, many reports emerged on the poor situation of prisons... more

BCHR take active part in the UPR 2022 Pre-session on Bahrain in Geneva

On the 31 August 2022, Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), has been selected to... more

Bahrain: Prisoners of conscience denied proper medical care, including Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, on hunger strike for a year

Prisoners in Bahrain are suffering due to poor conditions and lack of adequate medical care,... more

BCHR fears a tuberculosis outbreak in Jau prison

Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses concern about reports of tuberculosis in Jau prison.... more

AlKhawaja: Imprisoned since 2011 in Bahrain yet a human rights symbol around the world

Abdul-Hadi AlKhawaja, Bahraini human rights defender still-imprisoned for 11 years now, receives the Martin Ennals... more