Nabeel Rajab Denied Bail Despite Deteriorating Health
16 May 2017 – Bahrain’s criminal courts today denied Nabeel Rajab bail and postponed his trial, in which he is prosecuted for speaking to journalists,
16 May 2017 – Bahrain’s criminal courts today denied Nabeel Rajab bail and postponed his trial, in which he is prosecuted for speaking to journalists,
15 May 2017 – Nabeel Rajab faces trials for speaking to journalists and tweeting this week, days after the UN’s top anti-torture experts called for
10 May 2017 – Bahrain’s High Appeals Court today upheld the death sentence against Maher Abbas Al-Khabbaz. Maher Khabbaz was convicted of premeditated murder of
7 May 2017 – The forth high criminal court today postponed the trial of Sheikh Isa Qassim, the most senior Shia cleric in the country,
Ahead of the trial of Sheikh Isa Qassim on Sunday 7 May 2017, BIRD and five other NGOs wrote today to the United Kingdom, European
3 May 2017 – Press freedoms continue to diminish in Bahrain. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy marks World Press Freedom Day with a
26 April 2017 – Bahraini authorities have initiated a new campaign of reprisals against political activists, human rights defenders, and other civil society actors ahead
BIRD alongside 15 NGOs today wrote to King Hamad of Bahrain calling for the release of imprisoned photojournalist Sayed Ahmed Al-Musawi and the respect of
18 April 2017 – A Bahraini court yesterday decided to postpone to 30 April 2017 the final hearing in the government’s case to dissolve the
13 April 2017 – Sudan’s president and International Criminal Court (ICC) fugitive Omar Al-Bashir is today in Bahrain meeting with the island’s King Hamad. Bahrain