15 June 2016 – A report by BIRD on the UK’s relationship with Bahrain, released today, has described British policies in the country as “counter-productive”, “misleading”
14 June 2016 – The Bahraini government today closed Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the largest political society in the country, on charges that the organization supported
14 June 2016 – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) alongside the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) and the European
14 June 2016, Washington DC – On 14 February 2011, thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Bahrain calling for more democracy and greater
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
13 June 2016 – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights today warned that repression “will not eliminate people’s grievances” in his opening statement at
UPDATE: 15 June 2016 – Nabeel Rajab appeared before the Public Prosecution yesterday, 14 June. Prosecutors officially charged him with “spreading false news and rumours about
The undersigned NGO’s are seriously alarmed with Bahrain’s imposition of travel bans against human rights defenders attempting to take part in the 32nd Session of
9 June 2016 – The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), together with Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute