ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 38

ADHRB Bahrain Week Events Join ADHRB this week for a series of events marking the 3rd anniversary of protests in Bahrain. From ADHRB   ADHRB Praises the EU for Passing Bahrain Urgent Resolution Bahrain News Bahrain in the News  EU Resolution on Human Rights in Bahrain  Bahrain’s Government ‘Addicted to Teargas’  Congress Mentions Bahrain in Omnibus Bill[…]

ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 36

Note from ADHRB: The Bahrain Weekly Newsletter will now circulate at 9 am EST on Tuesday so as to include more relevant, timely news both from and about Bahrain. Abdulwahab Hussain: February’s Champion for Justice Abdulwahab Hussain is a philosopher and social critic with a long history of activism in Bahrain.  Born in Nuwaidrat, Hussain earned[…]

ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 35

Tom Lantos Human Rights Committee Holds Hearing on Prisoners of Conscience  USCIRF Chair Robert George Holds Photo of Nabeel Rajab On 16 January, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) held aDefending Freedoms Hearing: Highlighting the Plight of Political Prisoners around the World, which aimed to address the plight of human rights defenders who find themselves victims of their oppressive[…]

ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 34

South Korea Suspends Tear Gas to Bahrain On 7 January, the Government of South Korea announced an indefinite suspension of all exports of tear gas to the Kingdom of Bahrain in response to repeated calls from advocacy and human rights group protesting a purchase request made by the Bahrain Ministry of Interior to a South Korean company for 1.6 million units of[…]