https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tWt6_CGmWA&feature=youtu.be On July 1 2015, ADHRB International Advocacy Officer Michael Payne participated in an Item 10 General Debate on the cooperation between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) at the 29th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Please continue reading for full remarks[…]
On 30 June 2015, ADHRB’s International Advocacy Officer Michael Payne delivered a statement on human rights in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia during an interactive panel discussion on human rights and combating terrorism at the 29th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF. الرجاء[…]
*Best viewed in full-screen mode. In Mapping the Saudi State, Chapter 4: Media Censorship, ADHRB studies the complex and mutually-supportive system of government agencies and legal codes that control publicly-circulated content within the kingdom and prevent the development of an independent press. Through an interactive presentation and a comprehensive written report, ADHRB focuses on how[…]
On 30 June 2015, ADHRB’s United Nations Liaison Amanda Milani delivered an oral intervention at the 29th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Item 9 on the discrimination against the Baharna and Ajam in Bahrain. Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF. الرجاء الضغط هنا لقراءة هذه الرسالة[…]
On 30 June 2015, ADHRB’s International Advocacy Officer Michael Payne delivered an oral intervention under Item 9 at the 29th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The intervention addresses the Saudi government’s destruction of sacred religious and cultural sites in Saudi Arabia. As captured in the video above, the Saudi representative to[…]