ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 23

Featured Tweets ADHRB Applauds Statements by Special Rapporteur Mendez and other Member States on Bahrain Photo Credit: ADHRB Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) applauds Juan Mendez, the Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, for his remarks this week at the United Nations Third Committee[…]

ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 22

Featured Tweets Bahrain’s Arrested Revolution: The Struggle for Rights and Reform  Photo Credit: ADHRB On 16 October, in collaboration with Creative Peace Initiatives, American University Muslim Students Association, and Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain hosted a panel discussion at the American University (AU) School for International Service[…]

ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 20

Featured Tweets ADHRB Commemorates the International Day of Nonviolence October 2nd marked the United Nations’ annual International Day of Nonviolence, founded in 2007 on the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth. A time for appreciating the role of nonviolence in building tolerant and peaceful societies, this holiday celebrates the past accomplishments of people driven to positive action in[…]

ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 19

Featured Tweets ADHRB Condemns Sentencing of US Citizen in Bahrain Photo Credit: Family Handout via Reuters On September 24, ADHRB learned that Taqi al-Maidan, a 25-year-old United States citizen who has lived in Bahrain for the last eleven years, has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in a Bahrain prison under charges of attempted[…]

ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 21

Featured Tweets ADHRB Condemns Recent Crackdown on Demonstrators Photo Courtesy: France24 The past few weeks have seen a sharp rise in the number of arrests and prosecutions in Bahrain. The recent arrest of more than fifty activists accused of ‘terrorism’ under the infamous ‘Terrorism Act’ legislation, in addition to the stiffening of penalties against activists, is a[…]