Congress Calls for DOD Assessment of Security Situation in Bahrain, Options for Fifth Fleet

1 October 2015 – Washington, DC – The FY 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report, released Tuesday by the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House Armed Services and Senate Armed Services Committees, would require the Department of Defense (DoD) to submit an assessment on the security situation in Bahrain within 120 days[…]

At UN, ADHRB, BIRD & BCHR Call on Bahrain to Commit to Cooperation with OHCHR

Geneva, Switzerland — 30 September 2015 — On behalf of Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, human rights attorney Mohamed al-Tajer delivered an oral intervention at the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council that drew attention to the Bahraini[…]

الاسماعيليون في نجران بين تجاهل الدولة وتكرار هجمات داعش

التفجير الارهابي الثاني الذي يستهدف مسجداً للطائفة الاسماعيلية جنوب غرب المملكة العربية السعودية، ولا يبدو انه الاخير في حال استمرت حالة الانفلات الامني جراء الاشتباكات المستمرة على الحدود مع اليمن، فضلا عن دلالات الوثيقة الرسمية التي تم تداولها بعد ساعات من التفجير الاخيرة الذي استهدف مسجد (المشهد) في نجران يوم (الاثنين) الماضي وراح ضحيته 2[…]

At UN, ADHRB, BIRD & ECDHR Encourage Greater Saudi Cooperation with OHCHR

Geneva, Switzerland — 30 September 2015 — On behalf of Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR), and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), ECDHR advocacy associate Isabel Cerda Marcos delivered an oral intervention on Saudi Arabia’s ongoing technical cooperation agreement with the[…]

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,[…]