Category: Press Releases

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

BAHRAIN: Unfair Conviction of Leading Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab Upheld

Posted date: December 31, 2018in: Advocacy, Casework, Nabeel Rajab, Press Releases, Statements, TimeLineNo Comments

31 December 2018 – Today, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation upheld the five-year sentence issued against leading human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, for his critical comments on social med... 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

THAILAND: Bahraini Footballer with Refugee Status in Australia Transferred to Detention Centre in Bangkok

Posted date: December 02, 2018in: Advocacy, FIFA, Press Releases, Statements, TimeLineNo Comments

1 December 2018 – A Bahraini professional football player, Hakeem Ali Mohamed Ali AlAraibi, who was granted asylum in Australia in 2017, has been placed in Suan Plu (Bangkok) Immigrati... Read more

Bahrain Sentences Two to Death Following Severe Torture

Posted date: November 29, 2018in: Advocacy, Casework, Death Penalty, Freedom from Torture, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, Press Releases, Revocation of Citizenship, TimeLineNo Comments

29 November 2018 – Today, Bahrain’s Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced two individuals to death on alleged terrorism-related charges, and sentenced three others to between seven year... Read more

Bahraini Refugee Footballer Facing Deportation in Thailand

Posted date: November 29, 2018in: Advocacy, Freedom from Torture, Press Releases, Statements, TimeLineNo Comments

29 November 2018– A Bahraini professional football player, Hakeem Ali Mohamed Ali AlAraib, who was granted refugee status in Australia in 2017, is facing deportation to Bahrain by the... Read more

Former Bahraini MP Detained for Criticising Election Released on Bail

Posted date: November 27, 2018in: Advocacy, Case Studies, Casework, Freedom of Expression, Association and Assembly, International Engagement, News, Press Releases, Statements, TimeLineNo Comments

27 November 2018 – Today, detained former MP Ali Alasheeri was released on bail having been charged with seeking to “influence the integrity of and confusing the electoral process”. Hi... Read more

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