This weekend, on 24 June, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will begin their 42nd session of the World Heritage Committee in Manama, Bahrain. The session, which concludes on 4 July, is held yearly to discuss the management of existing World Heritage Sites and accept new nominations by countries. American’s for Democracy[…]
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Sayed Kadhem Ali is a 23-year-old carpenter who is being arbitrarily detained, tortured, and denied adequate healthcare in Bahrain’s Jau Prison. On 30 June 2015, officers from the Gudaibiya police station arrested Sayed at Bahrain International Airport while on his way to Kuwait. These officers also raided Sayed’s home without a search warrant while armed[…]
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19 June 2018 – Today, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) hosted a side event at the 38th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, in cooperation with Amnesty International, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, Index on Censorship, CIVICUS, PEN International, Human Rights Watch, the Gulf Centre for Human[…]
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On Tuesday 19 June, at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Yusuf al-Hoori delivered an oral intervention on behalf of Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain. Speaking during the Item 2 General Debate, al-Hoori raised the violent suppression of the peaceful protest in Duraz and the Bahraini government’s arbitrary[…]
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On Tuesday 19 June 2018, at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention before the Council under the Item 2 General Debate. The intervention thanked the High Commissioner for his repeated highlighting of the spurious charges Nabeel Rajab faces,[…]
