Joint Apeal to the United Nations to Address Allegations of Ill-Treatment & Torture in Bahrain Prisons.

On May 22, 2013, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain joined over 50 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide in an appeal to three United Nations Special Rapporteurs calling for an investigation into allegations of torture in Bahrain’s prisons. For a PDF of the letter in Arabic, please click here. For a PDF of the letter[…]

ADHRB Condemns Reduction of Sentence & Acquittals for Bahrain Police Officers

WASHINGTON, DC – May 28, 2013 –  Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) condemns recent decisions by a Bahrain appeals court to reduce punishments for police officers responsible for killing protesters in 2011. On Sunday, the court reduced the sentence of a Bahraini police officer convicted of killing a protester to six[…]

Bahrain Bi-Weekly: Issue 9

Featured Followers ADHRB features relevant, timely Tweets by its Twitter followers in each newsletter. In Bahrain, An Uprising Unabated Written by Husain Abdulla* Protesters in February 2011. Credit: Nick Kristof, New York Times More than two years after peaceful demonstrators took to the streets to demand reforms, Bahrain’s uprising has not abated. In recent weeks, human[…]

Op-ed | In Bahrain, An Uprising Unabated

By Husain Adulla* More than two years after peaceful demonstrators took to the streets to demand reforms, Bahrain’s uprising has not abated. Activists and opposition groups continue to demand the basic human rights and political reforms promised to them by their government. Rather than meet the opposition’s calls for reform, the government of Bahrain has[…]

Bahrain Bi-Weekly: Issue 8

Featured Followers ADHRB features relevant, timely Tweets by its Twitter followers in each newsletter.   ADHRB Asks UNESCO to Change Name and Funding Source of King Hamad Prize   2011 Winners of the UNESCO-King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize with Ms. Irinia Bokova. Credit: UNESCO   On May 8, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain[…]