56 Members of the European Parliament (MEP) called for the immediate release of Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab. In the statement, the MEPs urged the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Member States “to publicly condemn the ongoing violations of the basic human rights of free expression in Bahrain, and call for[…]
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OECD: Bahrain Formula One Complaint Merits Examination 24 October 2014 – The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a UK government panal, has said that it believes that a complaint submitted by Americans for Human Rights & Democracy in Bahrain “merits further examination.” The complaint alleges that companies in charge of running the event in Bahrain failed[…]
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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 concern over the Bahraini government’s ongoing campaign of targeting photographers, journalists and artists for documenting abuses and human rights violations committed by the government and security forces. The[…]
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27 October 2014 – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute for Rights & Democracy (BIRD) and Reddress UK expressed their disappointment to the UK Home Secretary on Friday 24 October, upon receiving information of Bahrain Prince Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa’s arrival in London for an appearance at the 2014 British[…]
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Several months ago, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), in partnership with the UK law firm Deighton Pierce Glynn, filed a complaint with the UK National Contact Point for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) against Formula One regarding the company’s potential involvement in human rights abuses in Bahrain. Today,[…]
