ADHRB at HRC41 condemns ongoing repression in Bahrain and revocation of citizenship

On Tuesday 25 June, during the 41st session of the Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention during the Item 2 General Debate with the High Commissioner. In the intervention, ADHRB raised concerns about statelessness in Bahrain, the closure of civil society space, the dissolution of[…]

ADHRB at HRC41 Calls Attention to Members of Bahrain’s Ruling Family Presiding over Judicial Cases and Ignoring Torture Allegations

On Monday 24 June, on the first day of the 41st session of the Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention during the Item 3 Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity, and Garcia-Sayán, the Special Rapporteur of the independence of[…]

ADHRB Submits Report on Ali AlShowaikh’s Unlawful Return to Bahrain Ahead of the Netherlands’ Review at the Human Rights Committee

UPDATE: On 25 July 2019, the Human Rights Committee published its concluding observations on its review of the Netherlands’ ICCPR obligations, in which the Committee seems to reference Ali’s case: ” The Committee is, however, concerned about reports of forced returns of asylum seekers, whose application has been rejected, to . . . Bahrain, allegedly[…]

GCC Cases Raised in the HRC 41 Special Procedures Joint Communications Report

Bahrain Bahrain JUA 11 Dec. 2018 BHR 6/2018 Mandates: Executions, Independence of judges and lawyers, Terrorism, Torture Alleged Victims: 20 Information received concerning the imposition of the death penalty, including cases where there is an immediate risk of execution, and the conduct of trials in the Bahrain. “. . . [W]e are expressing our most[…]

Analysis: Bahrain’s Insufficient Response to the Allegation Letter Published by UN Experts on Human Rights Violations

Find our previous statement on the allegation letter sent to Bahrain on Human Rights Violations in the Mass Trial of the Zulfiqar Brigades here. On 5 November 2018, five UN experts sent an allegation letter to the Kingdom of Bahrain to address the human rights violations in connection to the mass trial of the “Zulfiqar[…]