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
Open NGO Letter to EU Member States and Institutions Regarding the Export of Surveillance Equipment Following the alarming evidence that EU-made electronic surveillance equipment is still be... Read more
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 – 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
