ADHRB has delivered an oral interventions at the resumption of the United Nation Human Rights Council 43 under item 6 of the General Debate raising concerns on the ongoing lack of UPR implementations in Bahrain. Madam President The UPR is a mechanism that a country can follow to assess how it has discharged its obligations[…]
An overview of Bahraini government reprisals preventing Human Rights Defenders from participating in the UN Human Rights Council Sessions ADHRB has reported that Human Rights Defenders (HRD) travelling from Bahrain to engage with the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) have been missing from the latest and previous Council Sessions. Recent developments caused by[…]
Today, ADHRB delivered an oral intervention under Item 6 Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Italy. The intervention highlighted concerns related to the lack of practical steps by the Italian government in creating a National Institute for Human Rights; the use of in criminal law and other punitive procedures against NGOs rescuing people in the Mediterranean;[…]
Today, an oral intervention was delivered at the 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council under Item 4’s General Debate. The intervention highlighted the current human rights situation in Bahrain and that oppositions and human rights defenders are kept behind bars. Click here for the PDF and you can find the oral statement below. – Madame President,[…]
Today, an oral intervention was delivered at the 43rd Session of the Human Rights Council under Item 3’s General Debate. The intervention highlighted poor prison conditions in Bahrain and that there is ongoing religious discrimination, reprisals, impunity and police brutality. A letter from Mohammad Mirza was also read which highlighted how unfair trials are the[…]