24 October 2018 – On Monday 22 October 2018, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation overturned the death sentences of political prisoners Mohammed Ramadan and Husain Moosa, and returned their c... Read more
10 October 2017 – The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) condemns the rise in the use of executions in the Gulf, four decades on from the creation of the world’s first i... Read more
16 February 2017 – The European Parliament has voted through a Resolution on Executions in Kuwait and Bahrain condemning the recent executions in these countries. We, the undersigned,... Read more
A copy of the MEPs open letter can be found here. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy alongside the European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, together with Americans for Dem... Read more
Today, 4 February 2016, the European Parliament (EP) adopted by a majority an Urgency Resolution on the case of Mohamed Ramadan, a Bahraini sentenced to death despite being tortured and con... Read more
8 January 2016 — Bahraini and international NGOs strongly condemn the repeated use of the death penalty by Bahraini authorities and call for the government to commute the death and life sent... Read more
16 November 2015 – London – Bahrain’s Court of Cassation today rejected the final appeal of death row inmates and torture victims Mohammed Ramadan and Husain Moosa. The decision finali... Read more
Champions for Justice: Bahrain’s Death Row Prisoners In Bahrain, political dissidence can be punishable by death. The Government of Bahrain employ the threat of capital punishment as a means... Read more
Wednesday, 27 May 2015, Issue #48 BIRD Weekly Newsletter In this Issue • Mohammad Ramadan and Husain Moosa death sentence upheld • Report on Women’s Rights in Saudi • Amnesty I... Read more
