Category: International Engagement

PARLIAMENTARY EVENT: Commemorating 8th Anniversary of the Bahraini Uprising

Posted date: February 13, 2019in: Advocacy, Events, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, International Engagement, TimeLine, UKNo Comments

13 February 2019 – On Monday 11 February, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) held a parliamentary event to mark the 8th anniversary of the Bahraini uprisings. At the... Read more

Bahraini Footballer Hakeem AlAraibi Set to Return to Australia After Extradition Charges Are Dropped

Posted date: February 11, 2019in: Advocacy, FIFA, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, International Engagement, Press Releases, TimeLineNo Comments

11 February 2019 – Bahraini refugee footballer, Hakeem AlAraibi is set to return to his home in Australia tonight after a Thai Court ruled that his extradition case be dropped. The dec... Read more

MPs from All Parties Urge the UK Foreign Secretary to Call for the Release of Leading Bahraini Rights Defender

Posted date: February 08, 2019in: Advocacy, Casework, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, Human Rights Defenders, International Engagement, Nabeel Rajab, Press Releases, TimeLine, UKNo Comments

8 February 2019 – A group of 19 Parliamentarians from all parties have urged the UK Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP to call for the “immediate and unconditional release” of Bah... Read more

Parliamentarians Request “Urgent Intervention” from Foreign Secretary as Bahraini Inmates Exceed 2 Months of Hunger Strike

Posted date: January 23, 2019in: Advocacy, Casework, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, Human Rights Defenders, International Engagement, Press Releases, TimeLine, UKNo Comments

23 January 2019 – Two Members of Parliament have requested “urgent intervention” from Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in the case of two Bahraini political prisoners who are entering the... Read more

Detention of BIRD Director’s Family Members Deemed Illegal and “Acts of Reprisals” by UN

Posted date: January 10, 2019in: Advocacy, Alwadaei Family, Casework, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, Human Rights Defenders, Opinions, Press Releases, Reprisals Against Family Members of Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, TimeLine, UNNo Comments

10 January 2019 – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has formally rebuked Bahrain for taking reprisals against family members of a prominent, London-based,... Read more

PARLIAMENTARY EVENT: Commemorating Bahrain’s Martyr’s Day

Posted date: December 20, 2018in: Advocacy, Death Penalty, EUP, Events, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, Human Rights Defenders, International Engagement, TimeLine, UKNo Comments

20 December 2018 – On Monday 17 December, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) attended an event in Parliament chaired by Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake, to commemorate... Read more

Member of Lords Urges British Ambassador in Bangkok to Intervene In Case of Bahraini Refugee Footballer

Posted date: December 14, 2018in: Advocacy, Casework, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, International Engagement, Press Releases, TimeLine, UKNo Comments

14 December – Today a Liberal Democrat peer wrote to the British Ambassador to Thailand, Brian Davidson, urging him to take immediate action on the case of Bahraini refugee footballer,... Read more

As Bahraini Refugee Footballer Faces Extradition, BIRD Highlights Contradictions of His Flawed Trial.

Posted date: December 11, 2018in: Advocacy, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, International Engagement, Press Releases, TimeLineNo Comments

11 December 2018 – The Bahraini court ruling that convicted and sentenced Bahraini refugee footballer, Hakeem AlAraibi, to ten years imprisonment and triggered his detention in Thailand is d... Read more

Extradition Imminent for Bahrain Football Player At Risk of Torture

Posted date: December 06, 2018in: Advocacy, Case Studies, Casework, FIFA, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, International Engagement, Press Releases, TimeLine, UN, UNHRCNo Comments

6 December 2018 – Tomorrow, Bahraini football player Hakeem AlAraibi will be taken to Bangkok Criminal Court (Ratchadaphisek) as Thai immigration authorities decided to proceed with h... Read more

BANGKOK: Bahraini Refugee Footballer To Be Held For 12 Days Under Court Order

Posted date: December 04, 2018in: Advocacy, Case Studies, Casework, FIFA, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, International Engagement, News, Press Releases, TimeLine, UNHRCNo Comments

4 December 2018 – Yesterday morning, a Thai court approved a temporary remand to detain Bahraini football player, Hakeem AlAraibi, for 12 days in Bangkok. AlAraibi has been detained si... Read more

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