BAHRAIN – TORTURE VICTIMS AT RISK OF EXECUTION IN BAHRAIN FOLLOWING COURT RULING
13 July 2020 – Bahrain’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, has confirmed the reimposition of death sentences against torture victims Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain
13 July 2020 – Bahrain’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, has confirmed the reimposition of death sentences against torture victims Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain
9 July 2020 – Today, Father of the House Sir Peter Bottomley posed an urgent question in the House of Commons regarding Bahraini torture survivors
8 July 2020 – This afternoon, crossbench peer Baroness D’Souza asked an urgent Private Notice Question to Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon at the House of
29 June 2020 – Last Friday Cross-party MPs wrote to Dominic Raab, UK Foreign Secretary, urging him to call for the release of arbitrarily imprisoned
26 June 2020 – Today, over 100 people joined BIRD and Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain for a virtual event marking International
26 June 2020 – On 26th June, the United Nations will observe International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, raising awareness about the continued scourge
15 June 2020 – This morning, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation, the country’s highest appeals court, upheld the death sentence against Zuhair Ibrahim Jasim Abdullah, a
Nabeel Rajab was released from prison today on a non-custodial sentence; His release was due for 2023 upon completion of his 7 year sentence;
3 June 2020 – On Monday, the trial of Bahraini refugee and photojournalist Moosa Mohammed on charges of aggravated trespass on a diplomatic premises was
12 May 2020 – On Saturday, Bahrain’s government forced the cancellation of an online symposium featuring speakers opposed to the normalisation of diplomatic ties between