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BCHR Calls for Urgent Medical Care for Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja to Prevent his Vision Loss
2017-03-24
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) issued an urgent appeal saying it “is highly concerned about the deterioration in Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja’s health.
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BCHR Records 112 Peaceful Protests and 62 Arrests Last Week
2017-03-21
Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that it documented 112 peaceful protest in 40 different countries across Bahrain, within the third week of March.
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BCHR Records 32 Arrests, Among them 5 Children in 1 Week
2017-03-15
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) recorded 32 arbitrary arrests, among them 5 children, during the week between 6 and 12 March, 2017.
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BCHR: Incommunicado Detention of 12 Detainees Increases Risk of Torture
2017-03-11
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said it is deeply concerned about the recent alarming increase in the use of incommunicado detention by the Bahraini authorities.
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Safaa Al-Khawaja: Hunger Strikers in Jaw Prison are Harassed by Security Men
2017-03-09
Bahrain Center for Human Rights member Safaa Al-Khawaja said that the police are harassing hunger strikers in Jaw Central Prison.
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HR Groups Strongly Condemn Bahraini Gov’t Move to Dissolve Leading Secular Opposition Society Wa’ad
2017-03-07
A number of human rights groups denounced in the strongest possible terms “the Government of Bahrain’s efforts to dissolve Wa’ad and to systematically dismantle the country’s independent political space.”
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BCHR Documents 28 Arrests within One Week, including Woman and 2 Life Term Sentences
2017-03-07
Member of Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) Mohammad Sultan said that the Bahraini authorities arrested 28 citizens, including 5 children and a woman within the last week.
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BCHR: 16-Year-Old Abbas Oun Arbitrarily Arrested & Subjected to Enforced Disappearance
2017-02-28
BCHR called on Bahrain to immediately and unconditionally release 16-year-old Abbas Oun, demanding it to put an end to practice of arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearance.
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BCHR Documented 194 Peaceful Protests during 6th Anniversary of 14 February Uprising
2017-02-16
Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that it documented 194 peaceful protests during the 6th Anniversary of 14 February Uprising, 77 of which were oppressed.
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BCHR Issues its Annual Report: Unprecedented Campaign on Civil Society & 13000 Arrested Citizens
2017-02-09
Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that the year 2016 witnessed an unprecedented crackdown on human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain, indicating that the authorities widened their attacks against freedoms and opposers and arrested about 1300 citizens.
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Court Declines Request to Release Nabeel Rajab, Adjourns Case Until Feb. 21
2017-02-09
Lawyer Mohammad al-Jishi said Wednesday (February 8, 2017) that the court rejected a request to release president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab.
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Safaa Al-Khawaja: NIHR Provides Services to Authorities not Linked to its Core Job
2017-02-01
Bahrain Center for Human Rights member Safaa Al-Khawaja said that the National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) started to provide services to the authorities that are not linked to its job as human rights institution.
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AFP: Bahrain Court Hears Twitter Evidence against Activist
2017-01-24
The prosecution in a Bahraini court on Monday presented what it said was evidence against prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab, accused of spreading "false information" about the kingdom, a judicial source said.
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Nabeel Rajab Absent from First Court Hearing Held over Charge of Disseminating False News
2017-01-24
Bahrain’s third minor court started on Monday (January 23, 2017) looking into the case of human rights defender and president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab in which he is accused of disseminating false news and rumors about Bahrain’s internal situations.
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BCHR: 46 Arbitrary Detentions in 1 Week, Total 236 Years in 20 Prison Verdicts
2017-01-17
Deputy President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Yousif Almuhafdah said that the Center documented 46 arrests within a span of 1 week. HE said that those arrested were also subjected to cruel and inhuman treatment.
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BCHR Demands Release of Mentally Challenged Citizen Accused of Illegal Assembly
2017-01-13
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) denounced the Bahraini authorities’ detention of mentally-challenged citizen, Kameel Ahmad Hamida, on December 13, 2016, demanding his immediate and unconditional release.
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BCHR Demands Cancer Patient Detainee Elias Al-Mullah Receives Proper Medical Treatment
2017-01-13
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) demanded that detainee Elias Al-Mullah (25 years old), who suffers from stage 3 cancer, receives proper medical treatment, and that his family is given his recent up-to-date medical reports on his condition.
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Diraz Marks over 200 Days of Siege, Route to Health Center Blocked Increasing Residents’ Suffering
2017-01-12
More than 200 days have passed since Bahraini authorities imposed siege on Diraz. Causing further suffering, the regime blocked route leading to health center with cement barriers.
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45 Arrested in Vast Security Raid Following "Jaw" Prison Break
2017-01-10
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights said it has documented a total of 45 arbitrary arrests, among them 1 child, from various areas in Bahrain, in the period between 2 to 8 January 2017.
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Urges Bahrain to Immediately, Unconditionally Release Nabeel Rajab
2016-12-24
The UN Human Rights Commissioner for Human Rights expressed its “serious concern” about the ongoing prosecution of activist Nabeel Rajab, calling on the Bahraini authorities to immediately and unconditionally release him.