20 June 2019 – Today, on World Refugee Day, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) calls on Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to respect the rights of refugees and those seeking refugee status. We also call upon all nations to halt the practice of extraditing refugees and individuals seeking asylum back to the[…]
Qasim Ahmed AlMalki was a 23-year-old business administration student at Bahrain University at the time of his arrest in March 2017. Since his arrest, the Bahraini authorities have subjected him to torture and denied him access to an attorney. He currently remains in Jau Prison. On 13 March 2017, masked officers from the Ministry of[…]
Bahrain Bahrain JUA 11 Dec. 2018 BHR 6/2018 Mandates: Executions, Independence of judges and lawyers, Terrorism, Torture Alleged Victims: 20 Information received concerning the imposition of the death penalty, including cases where there is an immediate risk of execution, and the conduct of trials in the Bahrain. “. . . [W]e are expressing our most[…]
*** On Saturday 27 July 2019, the Government of Bahrain executed 25-year-old Ali AlArab and 24-year-old Ahmed AlMalali, along with a third individual. Read ADHRB’s statement on the executions here. On 13 June 2019, Italian journalist, Member of Parliament, and former president of Italy’s Chamber of Deputies Laura Boldrini put forward a parliamentary question[…]
*** On Saturday 27 July 2019, the Government of Bahrain executed 25-year-old Ali AlArab and 24-year-old Ahmed AlMalali, along with a third individual. Read ADHRB’s statement on the executions here. On 12 June 2019, Pierre Laurent, a French Senator since 2012, sent a letter to France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian drawing his attention[…]