Wednesday, 29 July 2015, Issue #57
BIRD Weekly Newsletter
In this Issue
• Violence • Fierce Scholarship Debate • UK Nuclear Exports to Bahrain? •
NGO’s Strongly Condemn Violence in Bahrain
28 July 2015 – London, UK – The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) along with Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the European Center for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR), strongly condemn today’s violence that reportedly killed two policemen and injured eight others. Violence, in any context, is indefensible and will not effect the necessary reform Bahrain needs to achieve true stability and national reconciliation.
Read the full statement here
NGO’s Commend UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Decisions on Bahrain
22 July 2015 – Geneva, Switzerland – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) commend the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) for their decisions released today declaring an additional eight Bahraini prisoners of conscience to be arbitrarily detained. However, we are concerned that, despite the Working Group’s efforts to engage the Bahrain government, the government has not implemented the recommendations of the WGAD.
Read the full statement here
Event Alert
Join BIRD, English Pen and Index on Censorship today outside the Bahrain Embassy in London in solidarity with academic Abduljalil Al Singace who has been on hunger strike for over 100 days in Bahrain.
From the Government
UK Silent on Bahrain Human Rights Violations
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24 July 2015: Baroness Anelay responds to Lord Hylton’s question on Bahrain’s re-arrest of political leader Ebrahim Sharif.
[clear]08 July 2015: Lord Bates responds to Lord Judd’s question on the number of Bahraini’s granted asylum in the UK.
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Updates from the Ground
38 arrested including 6 children
73 trials postponed
6 individuals remanded to a total of 105 days in detention
2 individuals sentenced to a total of 13 months in detention
57 inmates at Jau Prison go on trial
Detention of Ebrahim Sharif renewed for at least 15 days
Security forces continue to use excessive force including tear gas and shotgun pellets against protesters.
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Weekly Highlights
Trial of 57 Opened Amidst Allegations of Abuse During Prison Riot
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After Arab Spring, Journalist Briefly Flowered and then Withered
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News & Commentaries
Al-Bab: Britain’s ‘Nuclear Exports’ to Bahrain
Scholars at Risk: SAR Calls for Letters on Behalf of Abduljalil Al-Singace in Bahrain
Huffington Post: Violence Escalates in Unstable Bahrain
Human Rights First: Violence Against Police Officers Signals Rising Instability in Bahrain
