Sayed Alwadaei

Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei
Alwadaei in 2023
Born
Bahrain
OccupationHuman rights activist
Years active2011 - present
Known forDirector of Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy

Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei is director of advocacy at the UK-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD). Alwadaei fled Bahrain and the regime of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in approximately 2012, establishing refugee status in the UK. In 2015, the Bahrain government stripped him of his nationality rendering him and his UK-born daughter stateless.

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