Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab Arrested in Bahrain for Tweets

Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), express their grave concern over the arrest and detention of leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab.  As part of an ongoing campaign to protect human rights in Bahrain we call[…]

Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab Delivers Item 4 Oral Intervention for ADHRB at HRC27

On 16 September, prominent human rights defender and President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab, delivered an oral intervention at the 27th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Item 4 on the situation of human rights abuses in Bahrain. Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF.[…]

Actions in Support of December’s Champion for Justice: Nabeel Rajab

During the month of December, ADHRB is asking all defenders of human rights to take part in highlighting Chamtion for Justice Nabeel Rajab  him using the hashtag #BahrainPrisoner on Twitter and changing their Facebook profile picture to the picture on the right. Want to do more? Use our template to write a letter to your Member of Congress expressing[…]

Nabeel Rajab: December’s Champion for Justice

  Nabeel Rajab is a building contractor and a committed human rights activist who has held numerous leading positions in human rights organizations such as the International Federation for Human Rights, the Middle East division of Human Rights Watch, and Bahrain Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence Organization.  Most recently, he served as the head of the Bahrain Center[…]

Past Event: Nabeel Rajab Global Week of Action

Witness Bahrain, in collaboration with the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), announced the launch of a Global Week of Action today in support of a call for the immediate release of Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab. The week of action, which runs from March 21 to 28, asks supporters to support the call[…]