Amanda Milani Delivers Item 9 Intervention at HRC28

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lWG66it6ms&authuser=0[/youtube] On March 24, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy Associate Amanda Milani delivered an oral intervention at the 28th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Item 9 on human rights in Bahrain.  Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF. الرجاء الضغط هنا لقراءة هذه الرسالة باللغة العربي[…]

Bahrain’s Leading Human Rights Defenders on Hunger Strike

Human Rights Defender and Bahraini prisoner of conscience Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace has begun a hunger strike as of March 21st, demanding to receive news of detainees in Jaw Prison and also calling for Jaw Prison to remove the bans on calls and visits to its Building 4, where Dr. al-Singace’s son Husain is being held.[…]

Amanda Milani Delivers Item 8 Intervention on the GCC at HRC28

[youtube]http://youtu.be/X2yfOjxh9f8[/youtube] On 23 March, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy’s Advocacy Associate, Amanda Milani, delivered an Oral Intervention at the 28th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Item 8 on human rights in the the GCC region.  Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF.[…]

Michael Payne Delivers Item 8 Intervention at HRC28

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vIFqeilJus[/youtube] On March 23, ADHRB Advocacy Associate, Michael Payne, delivered an oral intervention at the 28th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Item 8 on human rights in Bahrain.  Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF. الرجاء الضغط  هنا لقراءة هذه الرسالة باللغة العربي ### Mr.[…]

Rights Groups Express Concern as Imprisoned Activist Al-Khawaja Goes Public with Hunger Strike

After several unsuccessful appeals to prison administration officials for adequate medical assistance, leading Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawajahas publicly announced that he has gone on hunger strike in protest at his continued arbitrary detention and mistreatment while in prison.  Al-Khawaja, who began the water-only hunger strike on 2 March 2015, is suffering from serious health[…]