Category: Casework

Rights Groups Urge the UN High Commissioner to Intervene in Mistreatment of Female Activists in Bahrain

Posted date: October 18, 2018in: Advocacy, Alwadaei Family, Casework, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, Human Rights Defenders, International Engagement, Press Releases, Statements, TimeLine, UN, Women DetaineesNo Comments

18 October 2018 – Today, 9 NGOs including the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), wrote to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN Experts, urging them to publi... Read more

Nabeel Rajab Shortlisted for Prominent European Human Rights Award

Posted date: October 08, 2018in: Advocacy, Casework, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, Nabeel Rajab, TimeLineNo Comments

8 October 2018 – Today, Nabeel Rajab received a diploma for reaching the final shortlist of candidates for the Council of Europe’s Václav Havel Human Rights Prize in Strasbourg. Nabeel... Read more

Female Detainees’ Response to the Statement Issued by the National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR)

Posted date: October 04, 2018in: Advocacy, Alwadaei Family, Casework, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, International Engagement, Press Releases, Statements, TimeLine, Women DetaineesNo Comments

4 October 2018 – Yesterday, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) received a phone call from Isa Town Prison. In this phone call, inmates Hajer Mansoor, Medina Ali and Najah... Read more

Hunger Striker Ends His Protest Outside the Bahraini Embassy in London After 63 Days, Following Parliamentary Support

Posted date: October 03, 2018in: Advocacy, Case Studies, Casework, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, International Engagement, Press Releases, TimeLine, UKNo Comments

3 October – Yesterday afternoon at 16:00, Bahraini activist Ali Mushaima ended his protest outside the Bahrain embassy in Knightsbridge, London. For the first 44 days of his protest Al... Read more

ADHRB, BIRD and ECDHR Condemn the NIHR’s Whitewashing of Human Rights Abuses in Bahraini Prisons

Posted date: October 02, 2018in: Advocacy, Alwadaei Family, Freedom from Torture, Human Rights Defenders, Najah Ahmed Yousif, Press Releases, TimeLine, Women DetaineesNo Comments

2 October 2018 – Yesterday, the Bahrain National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) issued a statement denying the allegations of mistreatment reported by three women in Bahrain’s Isa Town... Read more

BAHRAIN: Further Retaliation Against Female Political Prisoner Following UN Secretary General’s Report

Posted date: September 19, 2018in: Advocacy, Alwadaei Family, Casework, Ebtisam Al-Sayegh, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, Human Rights Defenders, International Engagement, Najah Ahmed Yousif, Press Releases, Statements, TimeLine, UK, UN, Women DetaineesNo Comments

19 September 2018 – On 16 September, female political prisoner Hajer Mansoor Hassan, mother-in-law of UK-based activist Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, was subjected to assault and retaliation,... Read more

Major UN Report Warns of “Ongoing Trend of Harassment and Intimidation” Against Human Rights Defenders in Bahrain, including family of BIRD’s Director

Posted date: September 12, 2018in: Advocacy, Alwadaei Family, Casework, Ebtisam Al-Sayegh, International Engagement, Nabeel Rajab, News, Press Releases, TimeLine, UNNo Comments

12 September 2018 – Today, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published its 9th annual report by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, which details t... Read more

Posted date: September 04, 2018in: Advocacy, Bahrain 13, Casework, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, Human Rights Defenders, International Engagement, Press Releases, Statements, TimeLine, Uncategorized, Zaynab Al-khawajaNo Comments

Prominent Activist Joins Ali Mushaima on The 35th Day of His Hunger Strike: HER STATEMENT

4 September 2018 – Today, prominent activist Zainab Alkhawaja joined Ali Mushaima on the 35th day of his hunger strike outside the Bahraini Embassy in London. Ali is demanding basic hu... Read more

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