9 November 2018 – 20 Parliamentarians expressed their serious concerns over the legitimacy of the upcoming elections for the Council of Representatives of Bahrain’s National Assembly i... Read more
7 November 2018 – Yesterday, Lib-Dem peer Lord Scriven wrote an open letter to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) expressing his “extreme disappointment” in their weak response... Read more
4 November 2018 – Today, Bahrain’s High Court of Appeals overturned the acquittal of the leader of Bahrain’s dissolved opposition party Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman, thereby allowing th... Read more
21 June 2018 – Today, Bahrain’s High Criminal Court acquitted the leader of Bahrain’s dissolved opposition party Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman, of politically motivated charges related t... Read more
27 November 2017 – Bahrain’s most senior Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim’s health is at significant risk after six months of house arrest. The religious leader has been effectively under... Read more
12 December 2016 – An appeals court today upheld the arbitrary 9-year sentence against opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman following an extended and flawed re-trial. The Bahraini government... Read more
9 December 2016 – NGOs yesterday sent a letter today to President Obama, calling on his administration to address human rights violations with Bahraini officials during the Manama Dialogue t... Read more
27 October 2016 – The Government of Bahrain yesterday decreased the sentence of Fadhel Abbas, former Secretary-General of the al-Wahdawi Political Society. Courts originally sentenced Abbas... Read more
22 September 2016 – Bahrain’s second High Civil Court of Appeals today upheld an earlier court decision to dissolve Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the largest political opposition... Read more
18 July 2016 – Yesterday, 17 July 2016, the Bahrain High Civil Court ordered the dissolution of the largest opposition political society in the country, Al-Wefaq Political Society, and... Read more
