Bahrain Shuts Down Al Wefaq, Latest in Week of Attacks on Civil Society
14 June 2016 – Bahrain’s Justice and Islamic Affairs Ministry today shut down Al Wefaq, the leading opposition group and largest political society in the country. The
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14 June 2016 – Bahrain’s Justice and Islamic Affairs Ministry today shut down Al Wefaq, the leading opposition group and largest political society in the country. The
31 May 2016 – Bahrain released human rights defender Zainab Al-Khawaja from prison today. The release comes nearly two months after the Government of Bahrain
18 April 2016 – On 15 April, eight defendants including Bahraini torture survivor Isa Alaali were found to have acted lawfully in blocking traffic entering the DSEI arms
26 February 2016, Zurich – Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa today lost his bid for the FIFA presidency, following a victory by Gianni Infantino,
12 February 2016 – Five years ago, hundreds of thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets to call for democratic reform and an end to
في تاريخ 25 يناير 2016، أعلنت النيابة العامة البحرينية أن القضاء أصدر أحكاماً بالسجن لمدة 15 سنة إضافية على 57 شخصاً بسبب مزاعم تورطهم في
London – On Monday, 25 January 2016, Bahrain’s public prosecutor announced that a court had sentenced 57 men to additional 15-year jail terms for their
21 January 2016 – The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) today wrote to FIFA’s eight leading sponsors raising serious concern regarding Sheikh Salman
15 January 2016 — Marking 300 days of hunger strike, forty-four international NGOs call for the immediate release of Bahrain prisoner of conscience Dr Abduljalil
13 January 2016 – London – Earlier today, Saudi authorities arrested prominent human rights defender Samar Badawi. She will appear before the Bureau of Investigation and