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Bahrain: Inhumane Treatment of Detainees in Jau Prison

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights has received numerous complains from the families of inmates in Jau Central Prison, particularly from Buildings 6, 7, and... more

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Bahrain: October arrests and protests

In October, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) documented 96 arrests in Bahrain, including... more

Writing in Chains: The Deteriorating State of Press Freedom in Bahrain

General and Historical Overview A fully democratic society is characterized among other things by a... more

BCHR mourns the death of dear friend, advisory board member and devoted human rights advocate

With profound sorrow, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) mourns the passing of our... more

Crackdown on Gaza-Lebanon Solidarity Signals Alarming Rights Regression

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses grave concern over the ongoing systematic suppression... more

Statement by Bahrain Human Rights Centre on the Occasion of World Day Against the Death Penalty

Today, on the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights... more

July to September 2024: Bahrain Center for Human Rights Documents 153 Arrests, Including 21 Children

Over the past three months, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) documented 153 arrests,... more

Bahrain: International Day of Older Persons

This year, 2024, marks the 34th anniversary of the UN’s International Day of Older Persons and it... more

Bahrain: Joint Letter on Human Rights Priorities to All Member States of the United Nations General Assembly

Re: 79th Session of the UN General Assembly 23 September 2024 Your Excellencies, During the... more

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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

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

BCHR at HRC

HRC57 Side Event – 12 September 2024 A Decade of Human Rights in Bahrain – Assessing Developments from 2014 to 2024

On 12 September 2024, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, the Bahrain Center for... 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

Report of the UN Secretary-General regarding the cooperation with the UN, its representatives & mechanisms in the field of human rights

The United Nations’ Secretary General has issues his report aligned with the Human Rights Council’s... more

Oral Intervention at 35th UN Human Rights Council

Address made to the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, David Kaye. Mr.... more

HRC 34 Oral Interventions: Item #3 General Debate on Bahrain

Mr. President, Alsalam Foundation, with Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain, the Bahrain... more

HRC 34 Oral Interventions: ID w/ UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Mr. High Commissioner, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain with the Bahrain Institute... more

Halt the Execution

Mohammed Ramadan and Hussain Ali Moosa are currently at imminent risk of execution. They were sentenced to death in December 2014 for their alleged involvement in the explosion in al-Dair on 14 February 2014 that resulted in the death of a policeman.

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Report: Human Rights Defenders Under Attack

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

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Application of Political Isolation Law against Bahrain Society for Human Rights

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BCHR in the World Movement for Democracy’s 10th General Meeting
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... more

Media in Bahrain: Constrained & a Propaganda Tool for the Government

Media overview in Bahrain Between 1939 and 1940, Bahrain witnessed the opening of its first... 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