Category Archives: Religious Freedom
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
Cosmetic Reforms: Assessing Bahrain’s Implementation of the BICI Recommendations Ten Years Later
23 November 2021 marks the tenth anniversary of the King’s adoption of the recommendations of... more
USCIRF: New Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Bahrain
Washington, DC – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) today released the... more
Mass Arrests during the Ashura Season in Bahrain
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) condemns the restriction of religious freedoms by the... more
Bahrain: Authorities should not take the Coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to restrict the freedom of religion
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses its deep concern over the continued exposure... more
Ashura in Bahrain: Preventing freedoms and prohibiting “black flags”
Bahrain has been celebrating, since ancient times, the commemoration of “Ashura” with distinguished events and... more
Bahrain: Recommendations of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)
Recommendations to US Government Include Bahrain on the U.S. Department of State’s Special Watch List... more
Bahrain: Religious freedom threatened in Ashura
Shiite cleric tried for contempt of a sect The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR)... more
Bahrain: Ashura Reveals False Allegations of Respect for Freedom of Religion
Bahraini Shiites celebrate “Ashura” on the month of Muharram every year in honor of Imam... more
Protection of Religious Freedoms: A Human Duty
Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and Bahrain Interfaith (BI), in cooperation with Media Association... more