Hasan Ateya Mubarak is a 38-year-old Bahraini citizen who was arbitrarily detained and tortured at the Ministry of Interior’s Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID). He is currently awaiting trial in Dry Dock Detention Center. At approximately 3:00am on 6 August 2017, officers in plain clothing entered Hasan’s home without a warrant and arrested him. The officers[…]
Mohamed Hameed AlDaqqaq is a Bahraini prisoner currently serving a total of 17 years in Jau Prison following multiple trials, some of which are currently pending. Mohamed has faced over 18 charges so far. While in Jau he has been subjected to torture and a severe lack of medical care. Mohamed suffers from several ailments,[…]
Husain Mohamed is a 22-year-old Bahraini citizen currently held in Dry Dock Detention Center. He was arbitrarily arrested and subjected to torture during his detention. On 10 November 2015 at 2:30am, approximately 20 riot police officers along with other officers from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) raided Husain’s home. They searched the house and arrested[…]
26 April 2018 – Following yesterday’s decision by Bahrain’s Military Court of Cassation to reject the final appeal of three civilians and one soldier sentenced to death on 25 December 2017, the king has chosen to ratify the ruling but commute the death penalties to life imprisonment for the four appellants. Americans for Democracy &[…]
On 20 April 2018, the United States (US) Department of State released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) welcomes the report’s substantive section detailing the wide range of US human rights concerns in Bahrain, but urges the State Department to implement new policies[…]