On 12 April 2022, the U.S. State Department released its 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) acknowledges that the country report for Bahrain is an improvement on both the breadth and probity of previous publications and finds the recent report to be largely accurate in[…]
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Apr
Apr
AbdulHadi Al-Khawaja, a prominent Danish-Bahraini human rights activist, has been serving his life sentence at Jau Prison since 2011. AbdulHadi, who was 50 years old at the time of his arrest, was tortured and then tried in relation to his human rights activism and criticism of the government. During his imprisonment, he has been facing[…]
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Apr
Apr
Ahmed Fadhel Hobail was only 15 years old when he was summoned and then arrested in 2021. He was subjected to threats and other forms of violence throughout the process of interrogation. Ahmed is currently serving his one-year sentence in a center for orphans or children with unknown parents. When Ahmed was first summoned in[…]
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Apr
Apr
“We shall continue on the path of peaceful resistance!”- Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, founder of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and former President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), upon receiving his prison sentence for peacefully exercising his fundamental freedoms during the 2011 pro-democracy movement. Al-Khawaja is currently serving a life sentence. Statements[…]
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Apr
Apr
Mohamed, Muqtada, and Muntadher AlKuwaiti are three young brothers who were only between 14 and 15 years old when they were arrested in 2021. They suffered various violations for months considering their young age and have been sentenced to a year in prison. They are currently serving their sentence at a center for orphans and children[…]
