11 October 2018 – Today, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) wrote to the Natural History Museum in London urging them to cancel today’s reception for the Saudi Arabi... Read more
UK Government Under Scrutiny from Parliament for Supporting Bahrain’s Cover-Up of “Appalling Human Rights Record”. 11 September 2018 – Today, a Backbench debate on Human rights abuses... Read more
4 September 2018 – Today, prominent activist Zainab Alkhawaja joined Ali Mushaima on the 35th day of his hunger strike outside the Bahraini Embassy in London. Ali is demanding basic hu... Read more
London – 12 August 18, Last night at 1.50am an unidentified member of the Bahrain Embassy in London threw a foamy liquid from the Ambassador’s balcony down onto a political oppon... 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
7 March 2018 – An activist was arrested by the metropolitan police for throwing an egg at Mohamed bin Salman’s (MbS) convoy as he approached 10 Downing Street to meet Theresa May. The... Read more
BAHRAIN: Government Charges Imprisoned Opposition Leader Sheikh Ali Salman with Colluding with Qatar
1 November 2017 – The Government of Bahrain has today charged senior political opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman with communicating with Qatar to work against Bahrain’s interes... Read more
28 September 2017 – The British Government looks set to continue its support for Saudi Arabia’s attempts to block a UN inquiry into the war in Yemen. Yet new Freedom of Information disclosur... Read more
27 September 2017 – Leading Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab’s trial for tweeting on Yemen has been dealt another postponement, in the wake of Saudi Arabia’s threats to st... Read more
22 September 2017 – The UN expressed alarm at the increase in human rights defenders facing reprisals for cooperation with the UN in a new report this week, condemning Bahrain among th... Read more
