Ahead of the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted a written statement to the Council concerning death penalty in Bahrain and the recent executions of Ali Arab and Ahmed AlMalali which took place this July 2019 despite allegations of torture and unfair[…]
Ahead of the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted a written statement to the Council concerning Saudi Arabia’s targeting of women human rights defenders for arrest, detention, and torture and ill treatment. Continue reading below for the full text of the statement,[…]
Geneva, Switzerland – From 24 June to 12 July 2019, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) participated in the 41st Session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC). During the session, ADHRB highlighted various human rights violations committed by the Governments of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE),[…]
During the second week of the 41st Session of the Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral statement drawing attention to Bahrain’s failure to take steps to fulfill its UPR recommendations recived in May 2017. The government continued to commit human rights abuses since its last UPR,[…]
4On 5 July 2019, during the 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral statement during the Item 6 General Debate, drawing the Council’s attention to Saudi Arabia’s failure to comply with 3rd Cycle UPR recommendations. Underlining the government’s continued implementation[…]