Ahead of the 38th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC), Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted a written statement to the UN HRC raising serious concerns about violations of international humanitarian law by Saudi Arabia and its coalition allies in Yemen. Read the statement below or click[…]
On the occasion of the 38th session of the Human Rights Council, ADHRB submitted a written statement to the Council regarding the culture of impunity for wrongdoers in Bahrain. For a PDF of this statement, please click here. The Culture of Impunity in Bahrain Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) takes this opportunity[…]
From 26 February to 23 March 2018, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) participated in the 37th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva to bring increased attention to the ongoing human rights abuses in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and other countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Over[…]
On Thursday 22 March 2018 during the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, Yusuf al-Hoori delivered an oral intervention on behalf of ADHRB addressing Bahrain’s refusal to cooperate with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in facilitating a technical program of assistance to improve the kingdom’s abysmal human rights record. Click[…]
On 22 March 2018 at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, ADHRB’s Saudi Advocacy Associate Tyler Pry delivered an oral intervention during the Item 10 General Debate on technical capacity building in Yemen. In his intervention Pry raised the difficulty of implementing technical cooperation programs given the continuing conflict, humanitarian crisis, and fragmentation[…]