18 October 2018 – Today, 9 NGOs including the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), wrote to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and UN Experts, urging them to publi... Read more
15 October 2018 - The Fourth High Criminal Court handed prison sentences to seven Bahraini nationals and revoked the citizenship of six over terrorism charges related to the bombing of an oi... Read more
8 October 2018 – Today, Nabeel Rajab received a diploma for reaching the final shortlist of candidates for the Council of Europe’s Václav Havel Human Rights Prize in Strasbourg. Nabeel... Read more
Female Detainees’ Response to the Statement Issued by the National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR)
4 October 2018 – Yesterday, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) received a phone call from Isa Town Prison. In this phone call, inmates Hajer Mansoor, Medina Ali and Najah... Read more
3 October - Yesterday afternoon at 16:00, Bahraini activist Ali Mushaima ended his protest outside the Bahrain embassy in Knightsbridge, London. For the first 44 days of his protest Ali was... Read more
2 October 2018 – Yesterday, the Bahrain National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) issued a statement denying the allegations of mistreatment reported by three women in Bahrain’s Isa Town... 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
19 September 2018 – On 16 September, female political prisoner Hajer Mansoor Hassan, mother-in-law of UK-based activist Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, was subjected to assault and retaliation,... Read more
14 September 2018 – On 11 September, the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) published its “Global Britain: Human Rights and the Rule of Law” report, the thirteenth of the 2017-19 session... Read more
12 September 2018 - Today, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published its 9th annual report by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, which details the int... Read more
