ADHRB at HRC40 highlights torture against minors in Bahraini prisons

5 March 2019 – Today, Clara Sanchez Lopez, on behalf of Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention during the Item 3 Clustered ID with the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) on violence against children and children in armed conflict. In her intervention, she discussed the situations[…]

ADHRB at HRC40: the violation of the inter-related rights of free expression and religion in Bahrain

5 March 2019 – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) takes this opportunity at the 40th Session of the Human Rights Council, during the Clustered Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Religion and the Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children to raise attention to the Bahraini government’s recurrent infringement on freedom[…]

ADHRB at HRC40 raises concerns about Bahrain’s use of anti-terror legislation

1 March 2019 –  Today, Clara Sanchez Lopez, on behalf of Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention during the Item 3 Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on promoting and protecting human rights while countering terrorism. In the intervention, Lopez expresses serious concern about the impact of[…]

ADHRB at HRC40: the UAE’s use of cybersurveillance tech to monitor activists

1 March 2019 — Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) takes this opportunity to make an intervention under the Ítem 3 Clustered Dialogue with the Special Rapporteurs on Privacy and on Cultural Rights during the 40th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. During her speech, Margaret McIntyre discussed the negative impact that[…]

ADHRB at HRC40: the impact of the war in Yemen on access to food

1 March 2019 – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) takes this opportunity at the 40th Session of the Human Rights Council, during the Clustered Interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on food and Independent Expert on foreign debt to raise concerns about the impact of the war in Yemen on the[…]