Today, the European Union has reiterated its call for the Bahraini government to release leading Bahraini human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab. In addition, the Bahrain Institute for R... Read more
15 January 2018 – Nabeel Rajab’s sentence to 2 years in prison for communicating with journalists was upheld by a Bahraini Court of Cassation this morning. Today’s decision ende... Read more
20 December 2017 – Today a Bahraini Court upheld three years prison sentence against the mother-in-law Hajer Mansoor (49), brother-in-law Sayed Nizar Alwadaei (19) and maternal cousin... Read more
8 December 2017 – Bahrain’s most senior Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim went under surgery this morning following his transfer to Ibn Al-Nafees hospital, as the Bahrain Interfait... Read more
5 December 2017 – Today, the 19th hearing of the leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was unexpectedly held significantly earlier than the court had originally decided. The case is rel... 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
22 November 2017 – Nabeel Rajab’s sentence to two years in prison for speaking to journalists was upheld this morning by a Bahraini appeals court at the conclusion of a long-running, u... Read more
18 November – The United States Department of State (DoS) yesterday raised its “major concern” over the treatment of the imprisoned relatives of UK-based human rights defender Sayed Ah... Read more
19 November 2017 – Today the 17th hearing of the “Twitter” trial of Bahrain’s most prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was adjourned to 31 December for a technical repor... Read more
9 November 2017 – Bahraini women political prisoners boycotted family visits today, after the Isa Town Women’s Prison administration reinstated a glass barrier in the visitation centre that... Read more
