Sophie Baggott

Sophie Baggott is Policy and Research Associate at the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy. She tweets at @sophieb30.

Turning weapons on a toddler

In Awamiya, a Shia-majority town in Saudi Arabia’s oil-rich Eastern Province, a three-year-old boy has been shot and killed amid demolition and the shooting of civilians. Here, his mother speaks.

By Sophie Baggott

/ 27 Sep 2017

Eritrean radio station Radio Erena provides a voice for the voiceless

Broadcasting from Paris, Fathi Osman's Radio Erena challenges the government's monopoly on truth and champions those who gave their lives for freedom of expression.

By Sophie Baggott

/ 7 Jun 2017

Formula 1 will land in Bahrain next week. Do we forget the country’s human rights abuses?

In past years the Grand Prix has taken place alongside violent repression, even deaths, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Human rights campaigners fear what the 2017 race might trigger.

By Sophie Baggott

/ 7 Apr 2017