UK and global trade unions today launched a campaign highlighting “widespread and systematic” human rights abuses in Bahrain and calling for an independent audit of UK government aid to th... Read more
On Wednesday, 29 July 2015, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, English PEN and Index on Censorship gathered outside the Bahrain Embassy in London to protest the ongoing detentio... Read more
FREE SPEECH IN BAHRAIN Session: 2015-16 Date tabled: 02.07.2015 Primary sponsor: MacNeil, Angus Sponsors: Day, Martyn, Bottomley, Peter, Edwards, Jonathan, Donaldson, Stuart, Saville... Read more
Coming on the heels of Ebrahim Sharif’s re-arrest this Sunday, prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was pardoned yesterday and released from prison due to “health reasons,” after ser... Read more
13 February 2015 – On 14 February 2011, more than 200,000 people from all walks of life flooded the streets of Bahrain to protest state corruption, government oppression, sectarian discrimin... Read more
UK Members of Parliament Sign Open Letter to Foreign Secretary Regarding Persecution of Nabeel Rajab
19 January 2015 – 21 Members of Parliament have signed an open letter to Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond regarding the upcoming court case against Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain. The letter... Read more
15 January 2015 – This week, 16 human rights organisations have written to 47 States to express grave concern ahead of a 20 January verdict in the trial of Nabeel Rajab, a prominent Bahraini... Read more
On 5 December 2014, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) announced that a new defence arrangement will establish a permanent naval base for the United Kingdom in Bahrain. Americans f... Read more
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) is releasing its report Bite the Bullet: A Year On from the Foreign Affairs Committee Report on the UK Relationship with Bahrain. The re... Read more
Press release: London, Thursday 31 July 2014 Bahrain Torture Survivor Isa Alaali Granted Bail Following Detention in the UK for Over Five Months A judge at Newport Court today decided to gra... Read more
