On Monday 25 June, at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ADHRB’s Legal Fellow Bridget Quitter delivered an oral intervention during the Item 3 Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers. In her intervention, Quitter discussed the lack of an independent judicial council in Bahrain[…]
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On Monday 25 June, at the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Salma Moussawi delivered an oral intervention during the Item 3 General Debate on behalf of Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB). In her intervention, Moussawi raised concerns about ongoing restrictions on freedom of expression in Bahrain, in[…]
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On Monday 25 June, during the Item 3 General Debate at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council, ADHRB’s Saudi Advocacy Associate Tyler Pry delivered an oral intervention highlighting restrictions on freedom of expression and opinion in the Gulf Cooperation Council states, in particular Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Pry especially noted[…]
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On Monday 25 June, at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council, Bridget Quitter delivered an oral intervention during the Item 3 General Debate calling attention to the Bahraini government’s denial of healthcare to prisoners in Isa Town Women’s Prison and the notorious Jau Prison. Bahraini authorities have targeted in particular, high profile political[…]
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On Friday 22 June, at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council, Annabel Bassil delivered an oral intervention during the clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on poverty and the Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons (IDPs). Addressing the Rapporteur on IDPs, Bassil called attention to the effects the Saudi-led coalition’s attack on[…]
