At UN, ADHRB, BIRD & BCHR Question Good Governance Practices in Bahrain

Geneva, Switzerland — 24 September 2015 — On behalf of Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), ADHRB International Advocacy Officer Michael Payne delivered an oral intervention on the lack of good governance practices within Bahrain. Mr.[…]

At UN, ADHRB, BIRD, & BCHR Highlight Human Rights Crisis in Bahrain

Geneva, Switzerland — 22 September 2015 — On behalf of Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), BIRD Advocacy Director Sayed Alwadaei delivered an oral intervention on the ongoing political crisis in Bahrain. In addition to maintaining[…]

At UN, Bahrain Human Rights Defender Raises Cases of Persecuted Medics, Jau Prison

Geneva, Switzerland — 18 September 2015 — On behalf of Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, and the Bahrain Center for human rights, Bahraini medic Ebrahim Demestani delivered an oral intervention at the 30th session of the Human Rights Council. The intervention addressed the arbitrary arrest[…]

33 States Join 5th UN Joint Statement on Human Rights in Bahrain

14 September 2015 – Geneva, Switzerland – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), welcome today’s joint statement raising the concern of 33 States about the human rights situation in Bahrain during the 30th Session of the Human Rights[…]

Bahraini Obstinance Raised in Written Statement to UN

At the 30th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ADHRB, along the Bahrain Institute for Rights & Democracy and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, submitted a written statement on the subject of human rights abuses in Bahrain. The statement discussed the continued failure of the Bahraini government to engage in a dialogue with[…]