Event Summary: Religious Discrimination in Bahrain

11 March 2015 – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain, in coordination with the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Index on Censorship, PEN International, and the International Federation of Human Rights, hosted a discussion at the 28th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The[…]

Event Summary: Criminal Justice & Human Rights in Saudi Arabia

10 March 2015 – Geneva, Switzerland – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), in conjunction with the Bahrain Institute for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Pen International, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights and Human Rights First, hosted an event at the 28th session[…]

Upcoming Event: Civil Society Documentation & Engagement with UN Mechanisms

                    Please join Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain, The Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Bahrain Institute for Rights & Democracy and CIVICUS on 12 March at 10:30 am in Room XIX of the Palais de Nations for a look at how to empower civil society[…]

ADHRB Engages in Interactive Dialogue with UN High Commissioner at HRC28

Today, 5 March, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain Advocacy Associate, Michael Payne, delivered an oral intervention during an Interactive Dialogue with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the 28th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Please continue reading below for his full remarks. A pdf of[…]

Bahrain NGOs Respond to Statement at HRC28

3 March 2015 – Geneva, Switzerland – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy take this opportunity to respond to the statement made today by Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain, Abdullah Abdullatif Abdullah, at the 28th Session of the[…]