February Champions for Justice: Bahrain’s Prisoners of Conscience

More than four years since the Bahrain government’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, arbitrary arrests, injuries to protesters and politically motivated prison sentences continue.  Numerous Bahrainis remain behind bars today, including hundreds of prisoners of conscience. Every month, ADHRB, BIRD and BCHR ask all defenders of human rights to take part in highlighting each of[…]

Bahrain Weekly Newsletter #89

Bahrain Revokes Citizenship of 72 Individuals   Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, Advocacy Director at the Bahrain institute for Rights and Democracy, had his citizenship revoked on Saturday On 31 January 2015, the Bahraini Ministry of the Interior revoked the citizenship of 72 individuals, including journalists, doctors, political activists and a human rights activist, rendering most of[…]

Bahrain Revokes the Citizenship of 72 Individuals

2 February 2015 – On 31 January 2015, the Bahrain Ministry of the Interior revoked the citizenship of 72 individuals, including journalists, doctors, political activists and a human rights activist, rendering most of them stateless. Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Bahrain Institute[…]

ADHRB Exclusive Interview with Amina al-Maidan

During the week of 19 January, Amina al-Maidan, the mother of a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Bahrain, visited the U.S. to discuss her son Tagi’s case, during which time ADHRB conducted an exclusive interview with Amina al-Maidan. Tell me about your son; he was born in the United States? My son, Tagi al-Maidan, is 26[…]