In an open air celebration event at the seacoast of Al-Malekyya village, West of Bahrain, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) was awarded by village inhabitant for “the courageous support for the village to re gain its coast, and its role in taking the issue to the international level”. The BCHR was presented at the event by its president Abdulhadi Alkhawaja and its vice- president Nabeel Rajab.