Bahrain Champion for Justice: Dr. Saeed al-Samahiji Dr. Saeed al-Samahiji is an ophthalmologist and human rights activist who extended his medical services to help injured protesters during the 2011 pro-democracy protests in Bahrain. As a result, Dr. Al-Samahiji was among 20 medics that were convicted by a special military court on 29 September 2011 for[…]
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Washington, D.C. – On July 31, 2014, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain’s Executive Director, Husain Abdulla, joined 17 policy leaders in urging the Obama administration to strongly respond to the recent expulsion of Tom Malinowski, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Labor, and Human Rights, from Bahrain. The letter calls[…]
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30 July 2014 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), Freedom House, Human Rights First, Just Foreign Policy, Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and Reporters Without Borders call for the release of the internationally-known Bahraini photographer Ahmed Humaidan, who is to receive the National Press Club’s John Aubuchon Press[…]
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NGOs Send Letter to Members of Congress over Changes to SFOPS Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images North America On 28 July 2014, a coalition of NGOs sent a letter to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX), and Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) regarding proposed changes to Section 7008 of the annual[…]
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On Monday, the U.S Department of State released its annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) Report for 2013. During the official release, Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowski, who was recently expelled from Bahrain after meeting with Shia opposition leaders, said the report would “pull no punches” with American allies, and the report is in fact quite critical of Bahrain’s[…]
