05-April-2018 Seven years ago this month, renowned human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja was dragged from his home in Bahrain, tortured, tried in a military court, and sentenced to life... Read more
26 March 2018 – Today, Bahrain’s Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 9 defendants, including Sayed Nizar Alwadaei (19), the brother in law of prominent Bahraini activist Sayed Ahmed... Read more
23 March 2018 – Female prisoner Medina Ali (28) on the second day of her hunger strike against ill-treatment in Isa Town Prison was stripped naked in a humiliating manner after a fami... Read more
Hajer Mansoor hospitalised on her third day of hunger strike Madina Ali joined the hunger strike over discrimination treatment Duaa Alwadaei convicted yesterday, Sayed Alwadaei published an... Read more
1 February 2018 – Today, the Fourth High Criminal Court in Bahrain concluded the trial of 32 defendants. The court issued a death sentence against Moosa Abdallah Moosa, who was accused... Read more
Today, the Fourth High Criminal Court in Bahrain has issued sentences to 60 dissidents, who have been accused of forming part of a “terrorist cell” within the country. According to th... Read more
Maher al-Khabbaz Faces Imminent Execution after Bahraini Court of Cassation Upheld his Death Sentence 30 January 2018 – Yesterday, the Bahraini Court of Cassation upheld Maher al-Khab... Read more
Al Arabiya News fined £120,000 ($171,556) for violating privacy of Bahraini torture survivor 25 January 2018 – Saudi broadcaster Al Arabiya has been fined £120,000 ($171,556) by Ofcom... 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
