Bahraini Activist Mohammed Al-Maskati Awarded Human Rights Heroes Award

On 8 June 2019, Access Now announced Bahraini activist Mohammed Al-Maskati as one of the recipients of the 2018 Human Rights Heroes award. Al-Maskati was chosen because of his efforts to provide digital security training to human rights defenders throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights,[…]

ADHRB at HRC41 welcomes HC’s condemnation of Saudi Arabia’s human rights record

On Tuesday 25 June 2019, at the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, an Advocacy Officer delivered an intervention under ADHRB during the Item 2 General Debate with the High Commissioner. In his remarks, the Officer thanked the High Commissioner for her comments made in April 2019, regarding the recent[…]

ADHRB at HRC41 condemns ongoing repression in Bahrain and revocation of citizenship

On Tuesday 25 June, during the 41st session of the Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention during the Item 2 General Debate with the High Commissioner. In the intervention, ADHRB raised concerns about statelessness in Bahrain, the closure of civil society space, the dissolution of[…]

ADHRB at HRC41 Calls Attention to Members of Bahrain’s Ruling Family Presiding over Judicial Cases and Ignoring Torture Allegations

On Monday 24 June, on the first day of the 41st session of the Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention during the Item 3 Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, and Garcia-Sayán, the Special Rapporteur of the independence of[…]

Now Hiring: 2019 Advocacy Internship – Copenhagen

Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) is seeking creative, organized, passionate, and hard-working applicants for a full-time six month Advocacy Internship, starting in July/August 2019, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. We are happy to work with students seeking academic course credit for their work. This is a remote, unpaid internship that reports directly[…]