
Bahrain: International NGOs Raise Concerns for Prisoners of Conscience
Ahead of Bahrain’s UPR adoption at the 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on 21 September 2017, English PEN has joined fellow NGOs

Ahead of Bahrain’s UPR adoption at the 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council on 21 September 2017, English PEN has joined fellow NGOs

15 November 2016 – The Government of Bahrain continues to deny adequate medical care to Bahraini activist and detainee Hussain Abdulwahab Hussain Ali Ismail. NGOs

UPDATE: 15 November – The United States Department of State has called for the Government of Bahrain to drop all charges against Ebrahim Sharif, noting

20 July 2015 – Geneva, Switzerland – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) and the Bahrain Institute for Rights & Democracy (BIRD)

UPDATE: 17 August 2015 – Ebrahim Sharif is expected to be presented before a Bahraini criminal court on 24 August 2015. ———— UPDATE: 14 July

Wednesday, 1 July 2015, Issue #53 BIRD Weekly Newsletter In this Issue • BIRD at HRC29 • Jau Report • Support Dr. Singace • Inside Jau: Report Finds Rampant Torture

May Champions for Justice: The Bahrain 13 The Bahrain 13 are a group of opposition leaders, rights activists, bloggers and Shi’a clerics arrested in connection

After several unsuccessful appeals to prison administration officials for adequate medical assistance, leading Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja has publicly announced that he has