During the last four months of 2015, Bahraini authorities made over 400 arrests, averaging roughly 105 arrests per month. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) have collected and analyzed data on this recent wave of arrests,[…]
16 November 2015 – Washington, DC – The Bahraini government has only fully implemented two, and has not made any progress on eight of the 26 recommendations made by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) in 2011, finds a new report released today by Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the[…]
2 November 2015 – On this day in 2013, two French journalists were murdered in Mali. To commemorate their loss, the United Nations (UN) proclaimed 2 November the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. The corresponding UN resolution dedicated the date to all members of the press who have suffered from violence. It[…]
يصادف الخامس من أكتوبر من كل عام اليوم العالمي للمعلم، وقد بدأ العالم الاحتفال بهذا اليوم منذ العام 1994 ويعد هذا اليوم إحياءً لذكرى توقيع التوصية المشتركة بين منظمة العمل الدولية ومنظمة الأمم المتحدة للتربية والعلم والثقافة (اليونسكو) في عام 1966 والتي تتعلق بأوضاع المعلمين في العالم. ويسعى العالم من خلال تخليد هذا اليوم لتعزيز[…]
15 September 2015 — Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) are pleased to announce the publishing of a new report entitled Apart in Their Own Land, Vol. II—a report on official and unofficial forms of discrimination[…]