On Friday 12 May 2017, the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) published its concluding observations on Bahrain. This report found that torture remains “widespread” in Bahrain, wh... Read more
23 May 2017 – The following report was submitted by BIRD to the Committee Against Torture ahead of the 60th session of the CAT. “Victims Suffer, Perpetrators Promoted: No Accountability for... Read more
23 May 2017 – BIRD and Reprieve jointly submitted evidence to CAT in the form of the report, “Failure of the Bahraini Government to Investigate Torture Allegations in Death Penalty Cas... Read more
12 January 2016 – MPs questioned the credibility of a UK-trained body set up by the Saudi Coalition waging war in Yemen during a debate on Yemen yesterday. The questions come after an... Read more
21 December 2016 – Bahraini authorities have today interrogated imprisoned human rights defender Nabeel Rajab on allegations stemming from a letter he recently published in the French... Read more
28 November 2016 – 46 rights groups have written to the King of Bahrain urging that charges against sports journalist Faisal Hayyat be dropped. The letter, which has also been copied t... Read more
17 November 2016 – Rights groups today wrote to Prince Charles urging him to “publicly condemn” the prosecution of Ebrahim Sharif, a Bahraini politician facing charges afte... Read more
25 October 2016 – King Hamad of Bahrain has arrived in London for meetings with Queen Elizabeth and Theresa May. His first visit to the United Kingdom since May, the King will meet the... Read more
2 August 2016 – The High Criminal Court in Bahrain today postponed for the second time the trial of prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab until 5 September 2016. The charges aga... Read more
31 May 2016 – Bahrain released human rights defender Zainab Al-Khawaja from prison today. The release comes nearly two months after the Government of Bahrain promised her freedom, in a... Read more
