The Revolt That Never Went Away – Bahrain: An Inconvenient Uprising Like many countries in the Middle East and beyond, Bahrain erupted with anti-authoritarian protests in 2011 when the Arab Spring took the region and many of its repressive leaders by surprise. While Arab Spring uprisings found favor with many in the West, unfortunately for the people[…]
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NGOs Urge Bahrain to Drop Charges, Lift Travel Ban on Nabeel Rajab 3 November 2014 – On 2 November, a Bahraini court ordered the release of prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab and postponed his trail until 20 January 2015, on the condition of a ban on his travel outside of the country. Americans for Democracy & Human[…]
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30 October 2014 – Today, H.E. Thomas Mayr-Harting, Head of the European Union Delegation to the United Nations, expressed concern over the situation in Bahrain during a statement on the promotion and protection of human rights at the Third Committee meeting of the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Americans for Democracy &[…]
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The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly is tasked with monitoring global human rights developments. At the meetings of the Third Committee, delegates hear reports by a team of UN experts known as the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. On 23 October 2014, the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders spoke[…]
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28 October 2014 – The undersigned 40 organisations call on the international community to publicly condemn the ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders, who face harassment, imprisonment, and forced exile for peacefully exercising their internationally recognised rights to freedom of expression and assembly. With parliamentary elections in Bahrain scheduled for 22 November, the international community[…]
