13 July 2018 – On 5 July, Bahraini female political prisoner, Hajer Mansoor, was subjected to further threats and reprisals by Major Maryam Albardoli, the head of Isa Town Prison Centr... Read more
9 July 2018 - Today, Bahrain’s most prominent Shia cleric, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, arrived in London to receive medical treatment. He landed at 3:31pm at Heathrow Airport from Bahrain I... Read more
On 2 July, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf, chaired by Karen Lee MP, collaborated with the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD... Read more
25 June 2018 - Today, Bahrain’s Fourth Criminal Court handed down three-year sentence to female political activist, Najah Ahmed Yousif, on politically motivated charges. Judge Ali Aldhahrani... 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
8 June 2018 - Female activist Zakeya Isa Ali Isa Albarboori, 31, and her niece, student Fatema Dawood Hasan Ahmed Juma, 19, were both charged by the Public Prosecution on 6 June for their al... Read more
5 June 2018 – Today, the Bahrain High Criminal Court of Appeal upheld the five year sentence of leading Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab for expressing critical comments on... Read more
Andy Burnham Mayor of Greater Manchester Manchester, UK the.mayor@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk 31 May 2018 Dear Mayor Burnham, The undersigned organisations are writing to you to request you... Read more
We are seeking creative and passionate candidates to join our tight-knit team to raise awareness on human rights issues in Bahrain and the Arab Gulf states. As an intern at BIRD, you will ma... Read more
21 May 2018 – Today, Bahrain’s Fourth High Criminal Court handed prison sentences to 10 Bahraini nationals and revoked 9 of them of their citizenship over terrorism-related charges acc... Read more
