ADHRB Calls For an Improvement in Human Rights Records in Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Wednesday 3 July 2019 – During the 41st session of the Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention during Item 5 of the General Debate. In the intervention, ADHRB raised concerns of the systematic and extensive humans rights violations that have been committed and are still[…]

ADHRB raises attention to the systematic use of torture in the UAE at the HRC41

Wednesday 3 July 2019 – During the 41st session of the Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention during Item 4 General Debate. In the intervention, ADHRB raised concerns over the widespread use of torture in prisons, especially on human rights defenders for exercising their right[…]

ADHRB and IDO at HRC41 Called Attention to the Ongoing Crisis in Yemen and to the Reality faced by Internally Displaced Persons.

On 1 July 2019, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain delivered a statement during the 41st Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, concerning the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen, in particular the alarming conditions of internally displaced persons (IDPs). Since the start of the conflict in the country, violence has displaced[…]

At the HCR41, ADHRB expressed concerns over the violations of economic rights by the Saudi Arabia-led intervention in Yemen

Monday 1 July 2019 – During the 41st session of the Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an oral intervention during Item 3 General Debate on the Promotion of All Human Rights. In the intervention, ADHRB raised concerns over the violations of economic rights by the Saudi Arabia-led[…]

Houthi Attack on Saudi Airport is Just One Part of a Greater Problem

On 12 June 2019, Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a missile attack on an airport in Abha, Saudi Arabia, which is about 110 km (70 miles) north of the border with Yemen. According to reports, at least 26 civilians were injured. This is yet another incident among the now four-year war between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels[…]