FIFA sponsors urged to take action over Sheikh Salman human rights controversy
21 January 2016 – The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) today wrote to FIFA’s eight leading sponsors raising serious concern regarding Sheikh Salman
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21 January 2016 – The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) today wrote to FIFA’s eight leading sponsors raising serious concern regarding Sheikh Salman
15 January 2016 — Marking 300 days of hunger strike, forty-four international NGOs call for the immediate release of Bahrain prisoner of conscience Dr Abduljalil
13 January 2016 – London – Earlier today, Saudi authorities arrested prominent human rights defender Samar Badawi. She will appear before the Bureau of Investigation and
8 January 2016 — Bahraini and international NGOs strongly condemn the repeated use of the death penalty by Bahraini authorities and call for the government
2 January 2016 – London – The Government of Saudi Arabia executed reformist cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr today, along with 46 other persons. Americans
18-December-2015- Outspoken Bahraini human rights defender Mohammed Al-Maskati faces six months in prison if an appeals court uphold a sentence handed down one year ago
25 November 2015 – London, Award-winning photographer Sayed Ahmed al-Mousawi was sentenced on Monday to 10 years in prison and had his nationality revoked, along with 12
16 November 2015 – London – Bahrain’s Court of Cassation today rejected the final appeal of death row inmates and torture victims Mohammed Ramadan and
12 November 2015 – The Fifa Electoral Committee has accepted Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa as a candidate for presidency, following an integrity check
06 November 2015 – London, The Bahraini authorities should release prominent academic, activist and blogger Dr Abduljalil al-Singace immediately and unconditionally and cease all judicial