ADHRB Announces the Launch of Prisoners for Justice: #BahrainPrisoner of Conscience Campaign

  WASHINGTON, DC – November 4, 2013 – More than two years have passed since the Bahrain uprising began, which was met with a brutal crackdown by the Bahrain government, marked by dozens of deaths, hundreds of arbitrary arrests, and thousands of injuries. To this day, numerous Bahrainis remain behind bars based on politically-motivated charges,[…]

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[…]

ADHRB Co-Sponsors Campaign to End Impunity in Bahrain

WASHINGTON, DC – November 1, 2013 – Today, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) applauds 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 today, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights will release the names of[…]

ADHRB Sends Letter to Organizers of IRONMAN Florida Regarding Bahrain Torturers Participation

Earlier this week, it came to ADHRB’s attention that Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa and his brother Sheikh Khalid bin Hamid al-Khalifa will be participating in the upcoming IRONMAN Florida Triathlon, scheduled to take place in Panama City Beach, Florida on 2 November 2013. ADHRB sent a letter to the IRONMAN World Headquarters to alert[…]

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[…]