Amid increasing repression of domestic civil society, the Government of Bahrain has stepped up its reprisal campaign against exiled human rights activist Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, the Director of Advocacy for the London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD). In recent months, Bahraini authorities have repeatedly targeted four different members of Sayed Ahmed’s family with[…]
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Ali Hasan Ali Saleh is a former ambulance driver sentenced to a 15-year prison term in an unfair trial on 31 January 2018 in Bahrain. He is currently in Jau Prison awaiting appeal, where he continues to be subjected to torture and ill treatment by the authorities. On 9 February 2017, the Ministry of Interior[…]
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On Thursday 22 March 2018 during the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, Yusuf al-Hoori delivered an oral intervention on behalf of ADHRB addressing Bahrain’s refusal to cooperate with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in facilitating a technical program of assistance to improve the kingdom’s abysmal human rights record. Click[…]
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21 March 2018 – Today, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) observes the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination as established by the United Nations, calling on all countries to combat hate and prejudice. Specifically, ADHRB takes this opportunity to call on the Government of Bahrain to address the kingdom’s[…]
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Ahead of Bahrain’s review by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the United Nations (UN) body that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted an advance report for the List of Issues Prior to Reporting (LOIPR)[…]
