ADHRB, Formula One Reach Agreement on Human Rights Framework for Bahrain Following a successful OECD complaint, Formula One has committed itself to respecting human rights in Bahrain and other countries in which it conducts business. In 2014, ADHRB submitted a complaint to the OECD regarding Formula One’s links to adverse impacts on human rights in[…]
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Apr
Apr
NGOs Condemn Arrest of Nabeel Rajab Recent arrest highlights backwards direction for human rights in Bahrain Husain Abdulla, Executive Director of Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain, said: “Bahrain has carefully chosen this timing for Nabeel’s arrest, one week after the UN Human Rights Council’s session ended and on the eve of the[…]
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Mar
Mar
NGOs Call on Bahrain to Cease Arrests Over Freedom of Opinion Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) urge for the immediate release of Fadhel Abbas, the Secretary General of the Democratic Unity Gathering Society (Al Wahdawi)[…]
Case of Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab Postponed to 15 April On March 15, 2015, the Bahrain Criminal Court of Appeal postponed its verdict in the appeal filed by Mr. Rajab against a six-month prison sentence until April 15, 2015. Meanwhile, the ban travel imposed on Mr. Rajab since November 2, 2014, is still[…]
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Feb
Head of EBOHR Husain Parweez Subjected to Torture to Extract Confession Husain Jawad Parweez with his family On 22 February 2015, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) received confirmed reports that Bahraini authorities tortured Husain Jawad[…]
