Geneva, Switzerland – 15 August 2018: The United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued a formal decision declaring Bahrain’s imprisonment of human rights defende... Read more
European Parliament Adopts Resolution addressing the deteriorated Human Rights in Bahrain and calls for the release of Nabeel Rajab & Political Prisoners 14 June 2018 – Today, the... Read more
5 June 2018 – Today, the Bahrain High Criminal Court of Appeal upheld the five year sentence of leading Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab for expressing critical comments on... Read more
Further Punishments Against Leading Bahraini Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab 19 April 2018 – Leading Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab alongside other inmates in Ja... Read more
The five year-sentencing of Bahrain’s leading human rights activist Nabeel Rajab on 21 February 2018 has attracted widespread international attention. A number of European states, including... Read more
21 February 2018 – Today, the Bahrain High Criminal Court sentenced leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab to five years imprisonment for expressing critical comments on social med... Read more
20 February 2018 – 25 members of the UK Parliament wrote to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson today, urging him to publicly call for the release of leading rights defender Nabeel Rajab and to... Read more
Today, the European Union has reiterated its call for the Bahraini government to release leading Bahraini human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab. In addition, the Bahrain Institute for R... Read more
15 January 2018 – Nabeel Rajab’s sentence to 2 years in prison for communicating with journalists was upheld by a Bahraini Court of Cassation this morning. Today’s decision ende... Read more
5 December 2017 – Today, the 19th hearing of the leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was unexpectedly held significantly earlier than the court had originally decided. The case is rel... Read more
