On Thursday 5 July, at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ADHRB delivered an oral intervention during the Agenda Item 10 General Debate. The intervention raises concern about Bahrain’s refusal to work and engage with OHCHR and the Human Rights Council’s mechanisms, especially as parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held[…]
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On Thursday 5 July 2018, during the Agenda Item 10 General Debate at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ADHRB delivered an oral intervention criticizing Bahrain for refusing to engage with OHCHR and the mandates of the Special Procedures, especially ahead of Bahrain’s upcoming parliamentary elections in the fall. Click here to[…]
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On Tuesday 3 July 2018, during the Item 9 General Debate on the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ADHRB delivered an oral intervention criticizing Bahrain’s targeting of Shia clerics and religious scholars. ADHRB notes that in 2017, the Bahraini government harassed, interrogated, arrested,[…]
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On Tuesday 3 July 2018, during the Item 9 General Debate concerning the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Yusuf al-Hoori delivered an oral intervention calling attention to Bahrain’s discrimination against its Shia minority community. He particularly raised the arrests of prominent political and[…]
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On Monday 2 July, during the Item 8 General Debate on the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council, ADHRB delivered an oral intervention calling attention to the plight of women activists detained in Bahrain’s Isa Town Women’s Prison. Many of the women were tortured, including through[…]
