10 August 2016 – NGO’s today sent an open letter to Boris Johnson, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, raising urgent concerns over the poor human rights rec... Read more
Brussels, 08 July 2016 Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted, with a large majority, a resolution condemning recent human rights abuses performed by Bahraini authorities, and strongly c... 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
Leading human rights NGOs have called on all Member States of the UN Human Rights Council to vote against Russian-led amendments to an important resolution on “the promotion of protect... Read more
16 March 2016 – Geneva, Switzerland – The 31st UN Human Rights Council has heard several oral interventions on behalf of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), Am... Read more
09 March 2016 – Geneva, Switzerland – The 31st UN Human Rights Council has heard several oral interventions on behalf of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), Am... Read more
16 December 2015 – London – The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) in cooperation with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy in Bahrain and Human Rights Watch h... Read more
19 November 2015 – Brussels – Member of the European Parliament Mr. Pier Antonio Panzeri, together with 80 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), issued a letter to Bahrain’s... Read more
Press Release For Immediate Release 23 October 2015 ITUC Condemns Potential Appointment of Bahraini Royal as FIFA President The International Trade Union Confederation has today expressed se... Read more
We Are Raif: a campaign for free speech and human rights in Saudi Arabia Today, we announce the formation of ‘We Are Raif: a campaign for free speech and human rights in Saudi Arabia’. The c... Read more
