This week, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain, Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince has already met with senior officials, including the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, the Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senior Members from Senate Foreign Relations Committee, including Senator Bob[…]
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In February 2022, the United Nations (UN) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) conducted a review of Bahrain’s human rights practices as part of its 71st session. The CESCR is the UN body which monitors and oversees implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), one of the most[…]
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On In March 2022, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted five reports To the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR) concerning the State of Bahrain’s fidelity to the the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Find below the reports as a PDF version: Bahrain: Consistent[…]
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Sayed Ali Moosa Jaafar, was a 34-year-old court porter when he was arrested without a warrant in October 2014. He was consequently tortured and convicted in an unfair trial. Sayed Ali is currently serving his sentence in Jau Prison. On 25 October 2014, at around midnight, officers in civilian clothing and riot police broke into[…]
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Ali Mohsen Muhana is a Bahraini activist, father of political prisoner Husain Muhana, and an ex-political prisoner himself. After being tortured and imprisoned for participating in the AlDiraz demonstrations in 2017, he has repeatedly faced legal measures from summons to detention as acts of reprisal against his activism and demands for the release of prisoners[…]
