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
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19 October 2017 – Middle East Minister Alistair Burt praised Bahrain in a visit to the Gulf state today, a month after the UN High
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
18 September 2017 – Fabricated criminal charges could send a London-based human rights defender’s family members to prison in Bahrain. Their trial today was postponed
18 September 2017 – Nabeel Rajab faces a new set of absurd charges after Bahrain’s Public Prosecution charged him for social media posts on Twitter
“Wrong” directions from police yesterday confused protesters peacefully calling for human rights defender Nabeel Rajab’s release from jail outside the Bahraini embassy in London. Police