Bahrain

Bahrain- GCHR & BCHR express their grave concern over the continued attacks and harassment of Bahraini rights defenders

  • Bahrain
  • Bahrain
  • 17/09/2013

The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) and Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) express their grave concern over the continued attacks and harassment, including

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Bahrain- Authorities crackdown – blocking peaceful protests and targeting human rights defenders

  • Bahrain
  • Bahrain
  • 16/08/2013

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses serious concern at the aggressive crackdown against human rights defenders in recent weeks. On 14 August 2013, the

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Bahrain- Acting President of BCHR and Co-Director of GCHR Banned from Boarding British Airways Flight to Bahrain

  • Bahrain
  • Bahrain
  • 9/08/2013

This morning the Acting President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and Co-Director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) Maryam Al-Khawaja, was

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Bahrain- No justice for human rights defenders

  • Bahrain
  • Bahrain
  • 28/07/2013

The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) and Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) express their grave concern over the lack of justice in Bahrain. Bahraini citizens,

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Bahrain- Court of Cassation rejects appeal of imprisoned unionist

  • Bahrain
  • Bahrain
  • 2/07/2013

  The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR)  and the Bahrain center for Human rights (BCHR) call for the immediate release of human rights defenders and

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Bahrain- EU should call for the release of human rights defenders and peaceful protest leaders in Bahrain in the context of EU-GCC ministerial meeting in Manama

  • Bahrain
  • Bahrain
  • 26/06/2013

JOINT STATEMENT Brussels, 26 June 2013- A year ago, on 25 June 2012, the EU adopted its Strategic Framework on Human Rights and Democracy, in which it pledged to

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Bahrain- Court of Appeal upheld the acquittal of policewoman on charges of torturing and mistreating journalist Nazeeha Saeed

  • Bahrain
  • Bahrain
  • 25/06/2013

On 23 June 2013, a Court of Appeal in Manama upheld the acquittal of policewoman Sarah Al-Moosa’s on charges of torturing and mistreating journalist Nazeeha Saeed,

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Bahrain- Human rights defender Mohammed Al-Maskati facing reprisals for cooperating with the UN system

  • Bahrain
  • Bahrain
  • 19/06/2013

The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) and Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) express their serious concern over ongoing campaign of judicial harassments against

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Joint appeal to the UN against ill-treatment and torture of detained human rights defenders, activists and photojournalist in Bahrain

  • Bahrain
  • Bahrain
  • 24/05/2013

The following is a joint appeal to three UN Special Rapporteurs calling for an investigation to torture in Bahraini prisons. The appeal, signed by over 50 NGOs

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