HRC40 Written Statement – Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, and the Murder of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) takes this opportunity at the 40th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) to raise serious concerns regarding the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi Arabian security agents in the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul and we call for all involved in his[…]

HRC40 Written Statement – Reprisals in Bahrain

Ahead of the 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain submitted a written statement to the Council raising serious concern over the targeting of Human Rights Defenders and their families in Bahrain for reprisals, in particular the family of Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei. Continue[…]

United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child Releases Concluding Observations for Bahrain’s Review

7 February 2019 – Today, the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) published its concluding observations on Bahrain’s recent review before the Committee. This was Bahrain’s first review before the CRC since 2011. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted a shadow report to the Committee with[…]

ADHRB Submits Information on Statelessness in Bahrain to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

On 21 January 2019, Bahrain was examined by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, concerning its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, to which Bahrain is a party. Bahrain’s most recent review of these obligations was in 2010/2011. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB)[…]

United Nations Special Procedures Complaint Program

Background Information In October 2013, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) began a program to help raise awareness for cases of individuals who have been victims of human rights abuses in Bahrain or the broader Gulf region. Through this program, ADHRB is able to complain on behalf of the individual victims to[…]