Bahrain Postpones Nabeel Rajab’s Appeal against Two-Year Prison Term

Update: On 26 October 2017, ADHRB received reports that Bahraini authorities transferred Nabeel Rajab from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) police clinic, Al-Qala’a, to Jau Prison, the kingdom’s main long-stay male detention center. The prison administration appears to be holding him away from other political prisoners and the guards have subjected him to degrading treatment,[…]

ADHRB Condemns Rising Use of Capital Punishment in the GCC

10 October 2017 – On the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) would like to call attention toward the rising use of the death penalty in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in particular Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain. Saudi Arabia,[…]

Saudi Arabia: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back for Online Free Expression

On Monday, 18 September 2017, Snapchat reportedly restricted content from the Qatari media outlet Al Jazeera for its users in Saudi Arabia. According to Snapchat, the move was made to comply with local laws – something the company tries to do in all countries that it operates within. However, Al Jazeera says this is an[…]

HRC36 Saudi Intervention: Item 8 and Arrests of Peaceful Political Dissidents

On 25 September, at the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, Tyler Pry, an Advocacy Associate at ADHRB, delivered a joint oral intervention under the Item 8 General Debate on behalf of ADHRB and the European-Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR). In his intervention, Pry highlighted the recent arrests of over 40 individuals by[…]

HRC36 Bahrain Intervention: Bahrain’s Failure to Implement its UPR Recommendations

On 25 September at the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, Yusuf al-Hoori delivered an oral intervention on behalf of ADHRB during the Item 6 General Debate. In his intervention, al-Hoori highlighted the Bahraini government’s failure to implement its UPR recommendations, including its judicial harassment of human rights defenders and civil and political society[…]