On 16 September, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy’s Advocacy Associate, Amanda Milani, read a letter from Bahraini child political prisoner, Jehad Sadeq, during an oral intervention at the 27th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Item 3. Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF. الرجاء الضغط[…]
On 31 August 2014, Krishna Upadhyaya and Ghimire Gundev disappeared from Doha, Qatar, just before they were supposed to board their plane to leave the country. The pair of human rights defenders were in the country researching the plight of migrant workers in the Gulf emirate. Shortly before their disappearance, the researchers communicated to their[…]
On 12 September, Bahraini lawyer Mohammed al-Tajer delivered an oral intervention (33:31) at the 27th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Agenda Item 3 during a Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF. الرجاء الضغط هنا لقراءة هذه[…]
On 10 September, Bahraini lawyer Mohammed al-Tajer delivered an oral intervention at the 27th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Agenda Item 3 during a Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF. الرجاء الضغط هنا لقراءة هذه[…]
On 12 September, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain’s Advocacy Associate, Michael Payne, delivered an oral intervention (23:16) at the 27th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Agenda Item 3 during a Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. Please continue reading for full remarks or click[…]