Teachers have been at the forefront of Bahrain’s peaceful protests and democratic movement. They have also been amongst the harshest-treated victims of unfair trial and abuse. In 2011, the Bahrain Teacher’s Association (BTA) was a leading union calling for strike action in solidarity with the protests. The government subsequently dissolved the BTA and imprisoned its[…]
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On 30 September 2015, the Netherlands withdrew its resolution calling for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights to investigate possible abuses and conflict-related crimes in Yemen. The withdrawal comes amid significant pressure from Saudi Arabia and its coalition allies to prevent an independent inquiry into the human rights situation in Yemen. Saudi Arabia has[…]
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1 October 2015 – Washington, DC – The FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report, released Tuesday by the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House Armed Services and Senate Armed Services Committees, would require the Department of Defense (DoD) to submit an assessment on the security situation in Bahrain within 120 days[…]
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Geneva, Switzerland — 30 September 2015 — On behalf of Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, human rights attorney Mohamed al-Tajer delivered an oral intervention at the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council that drew attention to the Bahraini[…]
التفجير الارهابي الثاني الذي يستهدف مسجداً للطائفة الاسماعيلية جنوب غرب المملكة العربية السعودية، ولا يبدو انه الاخير في حال استمرت حالة الانفلات الامني جراء الاشتباكات المستمرة على الحدود مع اليمن، فضلا عن دلالات الوثيقة الرسمية التي تم تداولها بعد ساعات من التفجير الاخيرة الذي استهدف مسجد (المشهد) في نجران يوم (الاثنين) الماضي وراح ضحيته 2[…]
