Newsletter #125

Bahrain | Updates from the Ground | News & Opinion Saudi Arabia | Other Gulf States | UN Complaint Program Bahrain Bahrain Postpones Opposition Leaders’ Free Speech Trials 12 October 2015 – Bahraini courts postponed the trials of Ebrahim Sharif and Majeed Milad to 12 November 2015 and 27 October 2015, respectively. Sharif, former Secretary-General of the National[…]

Newsletter #124

Congress Calls for DOD Assessment of Security Situation in Bahrain, Options for Fifth Fleet 1 October 2015 – The FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report, released last Tuesday by the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House Armed Services and Senate Armed Services Committees, would require the Department of Defense to submit an assessment[…]

Newsletter #123

17 International NGOs Voice Support for Joint Statement on Bahrain 25 September 2015 – Following the publishing of a joint statement on the human rights situation in Bahrain by 33 States at the 30th Session of the Human Rights Council, 17 international NGOs sent a letter to the foreign ministries of Albania, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina,[…]

Newsletter #122

ADHRB Releases Volume II of Shia Discrimination Report Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) are pleased to announce the publishing of a new report entitled “Apart in Their Own Land, Vol. II”—a report on official and unofficial forms[…]

Newsletter #121

33 States Join 5th UN Joint Statement on Human Rights in Bahrain Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy(BIRD) welcome yesterday’s joint statement raising the serious concern of 33 States about the human rights situation in Bahrain during the[…]