ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 28

Nabeel Rajab: ADHRB’s December Champion for Justice Nabeel Rajab is a building contractor and a committed human rights activist who has held numerous leading positions in human rights organizations such as the International Federation for Human Rights, the Middle East division of Human Rights Watch, and Bahrain Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence Organization.  Most recently, he served[…]

ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 27

House Foreign Affairs Committee Holds Bahrain Hearing  Photo Credit: ADHRB Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) applauds the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for holding a hearing on 19 November entitled “U.S. Policy Toward the Arabian Peninsula: Yemen and Bahrain,” featuring testimony from U.S. Department[…]

ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 26

Featured Tweets ADHRB Concerned Over the Deteriorating Situation in Bahrain Photo Credit: ADHRB Last year, Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior revoked the citizenship of 31 Bahrainis, all of whom were involved in the promotion of political and human rights reform in the country. In the year since, Bahrain has witnessed an increase in repressive actions by authorities against[…]

ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 25

Featured Tweets Champions for Justice: Bahrain’s Prisoners of Conscience More than two years since the Government of Bahrain’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in the country, arbitrary arrests, injuries to protesters and politically motivated prison sentences continue.  Numerous Bahrainis remain behind bars today, including more than a dozen prisoners of conscience. With these injustices firmly[…]

ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 24

Featured Tweets ADHRB Co-Sponsors Campaign to End Impunity in Bahrain  Photo Credit: Bahrain Center for Human Rights Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) applauded the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) for the launch of their new campaign, “End Impunity in Bahrain,” for which ADHRB is a co-sponsor. Starting 1 November, the Bahrain Center[…]