UK’s Middle East Minister Whitewashes Bahrain Human Rights Record In Visit, Contradicting UN and Amnesty Findings
19 October 2017 – Middle East Minister Alistair Burt praised Bahrain in a visit to the Gulf state today, a month after the UN High
19 October 2017 – Middle East Minister Alistair Burt praised Bahrain in a visit to the Gulf state today, a month after the UN High
13 October 2017 – Arms sold at Bahrain’s upcoming defence exhibition may be used to commit further atrocities in the Yemen conflict, NGOs have warned
10 October 2017 – The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) condemns the rise in the use of executions in the Gulf, four decades
3 October 2017 – Female detainees in Bahrain have today declared they will go on an open strike after the authorities built an extra barrier
29 September – The weakening of a UN draft resolution to investigate war crimes in Yemen, following threats from Saudi Arabia, has today set a
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
27 September 2017 – Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has today condemned Bahrain and Saudi Arabia for their human rights abuses, following on from Shadow Foreign
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
22 September 2017 – The UN expressed alarm at the increase in human rights defenders facing reprisals for cooperation with the UN in a new
The following statement was delivered by ARTICLE 19 and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council,