Bahrain Bi-Weekly Newsletter: Issue 2 | Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain

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ADHRB Commemorates Two-Year Anniversary of February 14 Protests with Bahraini Activists

Mohammed al-Maskati, Maryam al-Khawaja, Jalila al-Salman, and Husain Abdulla
in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

During the week of February 10, ADHRB hosted Bahraini human rights defenders Jalila al-Salman, Mohammed al-Maskati, and Maryam al-Khawaja in Washington, D.C., to discuss the human rights situation in Bahrain with Members of Congress, Executive branch officials, representatives from non-governmental organizations, and members of the public.Maryam al-Khawaja, Acting President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and Co-Director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), and Mohammed al-Maskati, President of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR), spoke at an event hosted by ADHRB and Freedom House on Capitol Hill. Frederic Wehrey, Senior Associate for the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, spoke on the panel as well, which was moderated by Charles Dunne, Director of Middle East and North Africa Programs at Freedom House. The event featured opening remarks from Congressman Keith Ellison (DFL-MN).Jalila al-Salman, Vice President of the Bahrain Teachers’ Association (BTA), spoke about her experience of having been arrested, tortured, and sentenced to prison at an event hosted by the National Endowment for Democracy and the Project on Middle East Democracy.

Upcoming Events

Thursday, February 21 | 6pm
Pre-release film screening of Academy Award nominee “NO.” Panel discussion to follow. RSVP here.
Landmark E Street Cinema

The title of this film, refers to the “No” referendum campaign that aimed to unseat Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet in 1988. The panel discussion following the screening, sponsored by Amnesty International USA, Freedom House, and Reporters Without Borders, will address free speech in Cuba and Bahrain, where prisoners of conscience are imprisoned for expressing their views.