WASHINGTON, DC – November 19, 2013 – Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) applauds the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for holding a hearing today entitled “U.S. Policy Toward the Arabian Peninsula: Yemen and Bahrain,” which featured testimony from U.S. Department of[…]
Featured Tweets Champions for Justice: Bahrain’s Prisoners of Conscience More than two years since the Government of Bahrain’s brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in the country, arbitrary arrests, injuries to protesters and politically motivated prison sentences continue. Numerous Bahrainis remain behind bars today, including more than a dozen prisoners of conscience. With these injustices firmly[…]
WASHINGTON, DC – November 7, 2013 – On this date last year, Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior revoked the citizenship of 31 Bahrainis, who were all involved in the promotion of rights reform in the country. In the year since, Bahrain has witnessed an increase in repressive actions taken by authorities against human rights advocates, opposition[…]
On 2 October, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) sent a letter to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) express concern regarding UNESCO’s acceptance of funds from the king of Bahrain in support of the UNESCO-King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies[…]
WASHINGTON, DC – November 4, 2013 – More than two years have passed since the Bahrain uprising began, which was met with a brutal crackdown by the Bahrain government, marked by dozens of deaths, hundreds of arbitrary arrests, and thousands of injuries. To this day, numerous Bahrainis remain behind bars based on politically-motivated charges,[…]
