Bahrain Center for Human Rights

Articles by Bahrain Center for Human Rights

Activists project an image on the headquarters of the BBC of Bahraini activist Hajer Mansoor and her son, in London, UK, 1 September 2018, Alisdare Hickson/Flickr, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Conditions in Isa Town prison for women highlighted in NGO letter to UN High Commissioner

NGOs are drawing attention to the appalling conditions faced by female human rights defenders in Bahrain’s Isa Town Prison for Women.

A Bahraini lawyer holds the defence case file for the head of the Shiite opposition movement Al-Wefaq, as he leaves the court after the sentence hearing in Manama, 16 June 2015, MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images

A report by the Bahrain Center reveals violations by the military judiciary of trying civilians

The report highlights violations of military justice and the trying of civilians before and after the amendment of the Military Justice Act.

A demonstration following the death of a young Bahraini shot outside the home of a Shiite leader, in Manama, Bahrain, 25 March 2017, Sayed Baqer AlKamel/NurPhoto via Getty Images

How Bahraini law utilises the ‘Law on Terrorism’

In Bahrain, ‘anti-terror’ legislation is often used to crush dissent.

A Bahraini female protester holds a placard portraying Sheikh Ali Salman, head of the Shiite opposition movement Al-Wefaq, on March 24, 2015, during a demonstration against his arrest, in the village of Daih, west of Manama. Salman is behind bars for allegedly trying to overthrow the regime. His arrest on December 28, 2014, shortly after he was re-elected head of Bahrain's main opposition party Al-Wefaq, has sparked near-daily protests in Shiite villages., MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images

Political speech is not a crime: Urgent appeal to stop the trial of Sheikh Ali Salman

NGOs call on Bahraini authorities to stop the trial of Sheikh Ali Salman, Secretary-General of Bahrain’s largest opposition society, al-Wefaq National Islamic Society. He is facing a potential death sentence on politically motivated charges.

People gather to protest over the high cost of living in Tehran, Iran on 30 December 2017, Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

MENA governments bent on shutting down political expression

In a month that included a malware surveillance campaign in Lebanon, Telegram being blocked in Iran and crackdowns in Tunisia, the release of Hisham Al-Omeisy was a welcome bit of good news.

A Bahraini woman holds up a portrait of her jailed political activist relative during an anti-government protest in the village of Jannusan, west of the capital Manama, 19 September 2014, MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images

NGOs strongly condemn an “unprecedented wave of death sentences” in Bahrain

22 Bahrainis currently remain on death row. The prosecution of peaceful dissidents in military courts is expected to flourish if the international community remains silent.

Protest in front of the Medicine Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, in solidarity with 22-year-old student and political prisoner Ahmed el-Khatib, 30 March 2017 , Ibrahim Ezzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Life after sentencing for MENA’s political detainees

In December, MENA activists focused on the plight of political detainees serving lengthy and unjust sentences in obscurity.

Military secure worshippers outside Al Rawdah mosque during the first Friday prayer after the attack in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt, 1 December 2017, REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Unapologetic crackdowns on dissent as greater instability rocks MENA

As the saga of Saudi’s hunted elites commanded attention across the Middle East and North Africa this November, news of the region’s less powerful prey fell by the wayside. Authorities in Kuwait, Bahrain, Libya, Morocco, and Egypt went after protesters, journalists, and human rights defenders critical of their regimes.