JOINT STATEMENT: Bahrain elections must not be used to cover human rights...
On 22 November 2014, Bahrain’s citizens will be called to cast their votes for legislative and municipal elections. The elections will be the first to take place since the people of Bahrain took to the...
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Stateless in Bahrain: 52 Nationalities Revoked
Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) condemn the arbitrarily revocation of...
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Bahrain Security Forces Weaponize Tear Gas Canisters
25 November 2014 – On 19 November 2014, Yousif Badah attended a memorial event dedicated to his 16-year-old son, Ali Yousif Badah, who was killed during the Bahrain Uprising in 2011. According to his...
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Bahraini Security Forces Attack and Intimidate Boycotters of Parliamentary...
Earlier this month, Bahraini security forces attacked several peaceful protests against unfair parliamentary elections. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center...
View ArticleBahrain: Women’s rights defender Ghada Jamsheer released and immediately...
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) express serious concern over the re-arrest of women’s rights defender Ghada Jamsheer in Bahrain, hours after she...
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BIRD: “Bite the Bullet”: A Year On from the Foreign Affairs Committee Report...
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) is releasing its report Bite the Bullet: A Year On from the Foreign Affairs Committee Report on the UK Relationship with Bahrain. The report marks...
View ArticleFreedom House: Freedom on the Net Report: Bahrain is NOT FREE
Over the past year, renewed calls for protest and a tamarod (“rebellion”) led to the throttling of internet speeds around key events, the temporary blocking of social media and communication apps, and...
View ArticleECCHR: Gamma/FinFisher: No Investigation into German-British Software Company
Public Prosecutor in Munich disregards evidence of illegal surveillance, human rights situation in Bahrain and applicable German law12 December 2014 -Public prosecution authorities in Munich have...
View ArticleOpen Democracy: Britain in Bahrain: Eyes Wide Shut
The British government announced on 6 December 2014 that it was expanding its use of port facilities at Mina Salman in Bahrain into a full naval base. The news was greeted by protests from the Shi’a...
View ArticleFinancial Times: Bahrain Land Deals Highlight Alchemy Of Making Money From Sand
Rising out from the sea on the Manama shore is a new Four Seasons hotel, a 68 storey skyscraper on an exclusive private island. Scheduled to open early next year, it will be home to three restaurants...
View ArticleAmnesty: A Year In Prison For 'Insulting The King'
URGENT ACTION: A YEAR IN PRISON FOR ‘INSULTING THE KING’ Ahmad Mshaima’ has been sentenced to one year in prison for publicly insulting the King of Bahrain. He is also being tried in another case,...
View ArticleGulf Daily News: University Soon For Pakistani Expats
The Pakistan Embassy has already put in a request for a plot of land from the Bahraini authorities and is also in talks with education providers outside the country, according to community welfare...
View ArticleMuftah: Will General Reform Ever Come to Bahrain?
Nineteen days ago Bahrain held its first parliamentary election since 2011. The government claimed a voter turnout of 51%, the same figure it announced after the 2011 elections. In actuality, in 2011,...
View ArticleAl-Bab: British MPs 'Appalled' Over Bahrain Base
Twelve British MPs have signed a parliamentary motion criticising the government's decision to establish a "permanent" naval base in Bahrain. The motion says:"This House is appalled that Britain has...
View ArticleADHRB: NGO's Call on Pope Francis to Refrain from Building on Legacy of...
15 December 2014 – Today, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) sent a letter to His Holiness, Pope Francis, urging the...
View ArticleAmnesty International: Bahrain: New Anti-terrorism Amendments Pave The Way To...
Amnesty international today called on the Bahraini authorities to ensure that those arrested in connection with the recent bombings are not subjected to torture or other human rights violations. The...
View ArticleFrontline Defenders: Bahrain: Award Winning Repression - EU Gives Human...
Front Line Defenders is deeply disappointed with the awarding of the Chaillot Prize to two Bahraini national institutions, the Interior Ministry Ombudsman and the National Human Rights Institution...
View ArticleFIDH: Bahrain: Increasing Resort To Judicial Repression Against Dissenting...
Judicial harassment has increasingly become common practice in repressing dissenting voices in Bahrain. The series of custodial sentences issued by the Bahraini courts against activist Zainab Al...
View ArticleStop The War Coalition: No British base in Bahrain
We the undersigned oppose the plans by the British government to open a new military base in Bahrain, the first British base “east of Suez” since 1971. Rather than increasing military deployment in the...
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