Restrictive laws
HRW: Bahrain: End Takeover of Lawyers’ Group
Revoke Order Canceling Election Results
DECEMBER 20, 2011
(New York) – Bahraini authorities should immediately revoke an order canceling the results of the election for the Bahraini Lawyers’ Society’s governing board, Human Rights Watch said today.
The Lawyers’ Society, the official professional body for lawyers, held an election for new board members on November 26, 2011. Fatima al-Balooshi, minister of Human Rights and Social Development, issued an order on November 30 canceling the election results and reinstating the previous board and president to manage the affairs of the society for the coming six months.
Bahrain Law on Counter Terrorism
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Draft Law of Bahrain on counter-terrorism
Presented by the Government of Bahrain to the house of deputy as urgent issue according to article 95 of the code of The House of Deputies
(non official translation)- English
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UN expert: Bahrain terror bill is not in line with international human rights law
25 July 2006 –An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Bahrain’s Government to amend a new counter-terrorism bill, expressing concern that the law could harm human rights in the country and would be “particularly troubling” as the Kingdom is a member of the newly constituted UN Human Rights Council.
Letters on Bahrain from the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of North America
Letters on Bahrain
21 September 2009
Dr. Ebrahim Ahmed Aljanahi
President, University of Bahrain
Fax: +973 1744 9900
Dear Dr. Aljanahi:
The Arrest of the BCHR president for his solidarity with Al-Mirbati's Family-Al-Mirbati the Forgotten Prisoner in the Saudi
In Solitary Confinement Since 7 Years
Abdul-Raheem Al-Mirbati the Forgotten Prisoner in the Saudi Jails
The Arrest of the BCHR president for his solidarity with Al-Mirbati's Family
August 2009 The Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Steadfast in Protest: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders publishes its Annual Report 2009
Friday 19th June 2009,
The Free Movement of Foreign Workers: a positive step towards abolishing the sponsorship system
The Free Movement of Foreign Workers: a positive step towards abolishing the sponsorship system, and towards improving the work opportunities of Bahrainis
7 May 2009
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights welcomes moves by Bahraini government, reflected in the Ministry of Labour’s decision, to allow the free movement of migrant workers in Bahrain. The change allows foreign workers to transfer from one job to another independent of their sponsors, and lifts all restrictions that were previously applicable.
Bahrain: Royal pardon of 178 activists and defenders. A strong signal for ending a latent political crisis?
International Federation for Human Rights
Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR)
Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS)
Press Release
Bahrain: Royal pardon of 178 activists and defenders.
A strong signal for ending a latent political crisis?
Judicial harassment and slander campaign orchestrated against several human rights defenders
February 24, 2009
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Bahrain.
New information:
BCHR/IFEX: Activists imprisoned for writing slogans and posting portraits to commemorate torture victims
Date: 28 January 2009
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) has learned that three young men aged 19 and 20 were summoned on 8 January 2009 to renew their detention for an extra 15 days on charges of writing graffiti and sticking posters on the walls of the Ras Rumman area in the capital, Manama.
