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
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
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
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
15 November 2018 – Yesterday, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) sent a letter to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on behalf of Bahraini political prisoner... Read more
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) expresses extreme concern for the acts of reprisals committed against Bahraini political prisoners, Ali Hajji and Naji Fateel, who have... Read more
13 November – Today, former Bahraini MP Ali Rashed AlAsheeri was detained by the Public Prosecution for investigation, after tweeting his intention to boycott the upcoming elections in... Read more
9 November 2018 – 20 Parliamentarians expressed their serious concerns over the legitimacy of the upcoming elections for the Council of Representatives of Bahrain’s National Assembly i... Read more
7 November 2018 – Yesterday, Lib-Dem peer Lord Scriven wrote an open letter to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) expressing his “extreme disappointment” in their weak response... Read more
4 November 2018 – Today, Bahrain’s High Court of Appeals overturned the acquittal of the leader of Bahrain’s dissolved opposition party Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Salman, thereby allowing th... Read more
