Event Summary: Concrete Steps: The Need for HRC Action on Human Rights in Bahrain

19 June 2014 – Geneva, Switzerland – Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), along with the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory, and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, in coordination with CIVICUS, the Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Freedom House, Reporters without Borders (RSF), Redress,[…]

BIRD Advocacy Associate Delivers Item 3 Oral Intervention at HRC26

On 19 June, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy’s Advocacy Associate, Amanda Milani, delivered an oral intervention (1:53:40) at the 26th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Item 3 on the situation of trafficking persons and migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council states of Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Please continue reading for[…]

Slaving Away: Migrant Labor Exploitation and Human Trafficking in the Gulf

Overview Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain is pleased to announce the release of Slaving Away: Migrant Labor Exploitation and Human Trafficking in the Gulf. The following report will examine migrant labor in Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, documenting how the combination of poor working and living conditions of migrant workers, the consequences[…]

Press Freedom: The Struggle to Capture Reality in Bahrain

In a speech to earlier this week to the 26th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, stated that strong journalism is vital to any democratic society—it is what fuels individuals to participate in political life. Journalists are essential to “the civil, political, economic,[…]

Upcoming Event: Slaving Away: Migrant Exploitation and Human Trafficking in the Gulf

Please join Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) for a discussion to mark the official launch of its new report, Slaving Away: Migrant Labor Exploitation and Human Trafficking in the Gulf.