On Wednesday 27 June, during the Item 4 General Debate at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ADHRB’s Legal Fellow Bridget Quitter delivered an oral intervention calling the world’s attention to the plight of thousands of unknown and average citizens in prison in Bahrain. Quitter highlighted that hundreds of Bahrainis are[…]
26 June 2018 – Yesterday, Bahrain’s Fourth Criminal court sentenced female activist Najah Ahmed Yousif to three years in prison on charges relating to free expression. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) strongly condemns the arrest and sentencing of Najah Ahmed Yousif and calls on the Government of Bahrain to overturn Yousif’s[…]
26 June 2018 – Today, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) commemorates the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, calling on all countries to end the use of torture against their citizens. Furthermore, ADHRB is especially concerned with the continued systematic use of torture in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, along[…]
On Monday 25 June, at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ADHRB’s Legal Fellow Bridget Quitter delivered an oral intervention during the Item 3 Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers. In her intervention, Quitter discussed the lack of an independent judicial council in Bahrain[…]
After 3 years of bloody conflict, and a mounting humanitarian crisis, the civil war in Yemen shows no signs of slowing down. Since March 2015, the Yemen Civil War has raged at the expense of thousands of lives, with millions of Yemenis facing displacement. Now, as if the mounting civilian death toll wasn’t enough, for[…]