On March 29, Kuwait’s parliament voted to strip Member of Parliament, and human rights defender, Abdulhamid Dashti of his parliamentary immunity. The Kuwaiti parliament further informed Dashti that Bahrain’s Criminal Court sentenced him to two years in prison on a number of charges, including illegal fundraising. Bahrain and Kuwait’s charges against Dashti, and the Kuwaiti[…]
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On 1 February 2016, Saudi Prince Sultan bin Turki al-Saud planned to travel from Paris to Cairo. Prior to his departure, he spoke with a friend who recalled the conversation to reporters, “last call we had he was laughing and said as a joke ‘I am supposed to come to Cairo this week by royal[…]
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Despite attempts by the state-run media to advocate peaceful coexistence, the Bahraini government continues to promote religious intolerance. On March 19, the Bahrain Association for Religious Tolerance and Co-existence invited the Pakistani cleric and politician Fazl Ur Rehman to deliver a lecture on religious coexistence at the Isa Cultural Center in Bahrain. Fazl Ur Rehman,[…]
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From 29 February to 24 March, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) took part in the 31st Session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva to raise awareness of human rights violations in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. During the Session, ADHRB met[…]
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After being detained on a family vacation, Salim al-Aradi spent more than a year in a United Arab Emirate’s prison without a conviction. UAE authorities arrested Salim for alleged terrorist-related activities. On the 21st of March, Salim al-Aradi’s lawyer announced that UAE officials formally dropped ‘terrorism’ charges placed upon Salim and three other individuals. However,[…]
