Featured Followers Bahrain’s Victims of Enforced Disappearances Photo Credit: ADHRB On August 30, as nations around the world paused to commemorate the United Nations International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain stood in solidarity with the victims of enforced disappearances in Bahrain. Defined as the arrest, detention, or abduction of a[…]
Featured Followers Bahrain’s Lonely Struggle By Husain Abdulla* Photo Credit: ADHRB Last month, frustration over the Muslim Brotherhood’s power grab in Egypt sparked a resurgence in massive demonstrations that resulted in the military-led ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. While people around the world remain captivated by events in Egypt, the Bahraini people continue their struggle[…]
On Thursday, September 26, join Creative Peace Initiatives, Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs, and Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain for a special screening of Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark, an Al Jazeera documentary on the 2011 uprising in Bahrain. The film will begin at 6:00 pm at the Wechsler Theater, located in room[…]
WASHINGTON, DC – September 10, 2013 – Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) applauds the 47 United Nations member states who participated in a joint statement expressing serious concern over the human rights situation in Bahrain. The statement—the third to be introduced in as many years—was announced by Switzerland before the United[…]
On September 9, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain joined other human rights organisations in support a call by Ceartas – Irish Lawyers for Human Rights urging the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) to expel Dr. Ali bin Fadhel Al-Buainain from its executive committee. In April 2013 a complaint was lodged by Ceartas detailing how Al-Buainain[…]
