Category Archives: General

Executions stoke unrest in Bahrain as fears grow

Protests have erupted in Bahrain after three men convicted of carrying out a bomb attack... more

RSF calls for human rights defender’s release

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of leading Bahraini human... more

Bahrain court hears Twitter 'evidence' against activist

The prosecution in a Bahraini court on Monday presented what it said was evidence against... more

Bahrain: Court postpones trial of Nabeel Rajab for a seventh time

The Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab was due to be sentenced on 23 January... more

Britain urged to act as two face execution in Bahrain

Bahrain could be poised to execute two prisoners who claim their confessions were extracted through... more

Danish MP Lars Aslan Rasmussen questioning the Foreign Minister on HRD Abdulhadi Alkhawaja

On 11 January Member of the Parliament Lars Aslan Rasmussen used the open session in... more

HRW: World Report 2017 – Bahrain

There was a marked deterioration in the human rights situation in Bahrain in mid-2016, when... more

Former PM David Cameron visits Bahrain amid speculation he may follow Blair's lead

David Cameron visited Bahrain this week to meet with the Kingdom’s Crown Prince and business... more

Bahrain: The unspoken Revolution that will shake Gulf monarchies

Looking at Bahrain and how western capitals insist on treating al-Khalifa regime as the only... more

Home Office linked to spyware in human rights row

A British security company criticised after its spyware was used by authoritarian foreign states has... more