Bahrain Bi-Weekly Newsletter: Issue 5

Featured Followers ADHRB features relevant, timely Tweets by its Twitter followers in each newsletter.   Bahrain Court Acquits 21 Medics of Politically-Motivated Charges On March 28, a civilian court in Bahrain overturned the convictions against 21 Bahraini medics who had been convicted and sentenced last year for participating in illegal gatherings during the 2011 Bahrain uprising. While the acquittal of[…]

ADHRB Condemns Bahrain’s Continued Attacks against Human Rights Defenders

ADHRB denounces the arrest of human rights activist Mohammed Al-Maskati and the postponement of an appeals hearing in the case of Nabeel Rajab today. Both actions demonstrate the government of Bahrain’s diminishing capacity to abide by its international human rights obligations. Arrest of Human Rights Defender Mohammed Al-Maskati ADHRB strongly condemns the arrest of human[…]

Release Bahraini Human Rights Activists Now, Say International Groups

As international human rights groups, we call on member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council who participated in Bahrain’s Universal Periodic Review in May 2012 to urge Bahrain to release human rights defenders and peaceful opposition activists, who have been subjected to constant harassment by security forces and the courts for exercising their rights to[…]