A non-governmental human rights body in Bahrain has expressed deep concerns over the Al Khalifa regimes systematic crackdown on female rights activists in the Persian Gulf kingdom. The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) announced in a statement on Saturday that Bahraini authorities are deliberately singling out female rights defenders ...

At least 250 children arebehind bars on political grounds in Bahrain which is facing almost daily protests for years now, a report says. According to areport by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights released on Wednesday, the incarcerations violateArticle 16 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Under the provision, no child shouldbe subjected ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) Nabeel Rajab lashed out at the Al-Khalifa regime for horrible conditions in the country's prisons, and said that the tiny Persian Gulf country's jails resemble those of the Nazi era during Hitler's rule in Germany. "The prisons of this country (Bahrain) are similar to the Nazi camps," Rajab ...

[caption id="attachment_133769" align="alignright" width="141"] Bahraini protesters carry rocks in a clash with riot police during a protest against the parliamentary elections in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama, on November 22, 2014.[/caption] Fresh clashes have reportedly broken out between Bahraini regime forces and the demonstrators who ...

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights has been awarded Norways Rafto Prize for its fight against Manamas repression of anti-regime demonstrations. The rights group was announced winner of the prestigious prize on Thursday for its peaceful demonstrations and documentation of human rights violations despite the regimes attempts to silence it. The Rafto ...