Human Rights Groups Condemn Increase in UK Arms Sales to Bahrain 29 September 2014—London—Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) and Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) strongly condemn the United Kingdom’s recent decision to increase the sale of[…]
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2 September 2014 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) condemn the arbitrary detention of prominent Bahraini human rights defender Maryam al-Khawaja. Maryam, who will stand trial on 6 September for allegedly attacking a lieutenant and a policewoman, was arrested[…]
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Washington, D.C. – Today, 18 members of the United States Congress sent a bipartisan letter to King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa of Bahrain to express their concern over the Bahraini government’s decision to expel Tom Malinowski, the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, from the country last week. Click to read[…]
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8 July, 2014—Washington, D.C. —Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), in conjunction with the Solidarity Center of the AFL-CIO, hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill titled “Modern Day Slavery: What the U.S. Government and the International Community Can Do to Combat Migrant Labor Abuse and End Human Trafficking in the Gulf.” The[…]
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8 July 2014 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) condemn the Government of Bahrain’s decision to deem unwelcome in the country Tom Malinowski, the U.S. Department of State’s Assistant Secretary for the Bureau[…]
