3 December 2018 – Today, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) observes United Nations (UN) International Day of Persons with Disabilities, established by the UN to promote the rights of persons with disabilities and provide a platform for awareness in civil, political, social, economic, and cultural society. On this day, ADHRB calls[…]
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29 November 2018 – On Tuesday 27 November, Thai authorities in Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK) detained Hakeem Ali Mohamed Ali AlAraibi, a Bahrain-born man residing in Australia under refugee status. His detention stems from an INTERPOL Red Notice against him, issued upon request of Bahrain on the basis of a 2014 criminal conviction. He has[…]
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AbdulMajeed Abdulla Mohsen is an established Bahraini human rights defender and has been an advocate of civil rights in Bahrain since 2011. Also known as a “Father of the Revolution,” AbdulMajeed has a history of being unlawfully arrested for his activism. On 19 September 2018, AbdulMajeed was arrested for participating in a religious ceremony connected[…]
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26 November 2018 – On Saturday 24 November, as the Government of Bahrain held the elections for the Consultative Council, its 40-seat lower house of parliament, the spokesman for foreign affairs of Germany’s Green Party, Omid Nouripour, issued a statement condemning the elections as unfree and unfair. In his statement, Mr. Nouripour goes on to[…]
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26 November 2018 – This past weekend, on 24 November 2018, Bahrain held elections for the 40 seats of the lower house of parliament. As expected, these elections occurred with severe restrictions placed on civil and political society by the Bahraini government. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) strongly condemns Bahrain’s sham[…]
