ADHRB Commends the US State Department Country Report on Human Rights in Bahrain
WASHINGTON, DC – April 22, 2013 – On April 19, the US Department of State released the 2012 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. ADHRB applauds the department’s report on Bahrain, which...
View ArticleADHRB Supports Call for Investigation into Allegations of Misconduct by...
Earlier this week, ADHRB joined calls for an investigation by the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP), an international non-governmental organization of prosecutors, into allegations of...
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ADHRB Bahrain Bi-Weekly Newsletter: Issue 7
Featured Followers ADHRB features relevant, timely Tweets by its Twitter followers in each newsletter. ADHRB Calls for Bahrain’s AFC Presidential Nominee to be Rejected, Citing Role in Human Rights...
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Bahrain Bi-Weekly: Issue 8
Featured Followers ADHRB features relevant, timely Tweets by its Twitter followers in each newsletter. ADHRB Asks UNESCO to Change Name and Funding Source of King Hamad Prize 2011 Winners of the...
View ArticleOp-ed | In Bahrain, An Uprising Unabated
By Husain Adulla* More than two years after peaceful demonstrators took to the streets to demand reforms, Bahrain’s uprising has not abated. Activists and opposition groups continue to demand the basic...
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Bahrain Bi-Weekly: Issue 9
Featured Followers ADHRB features relevant, timely Tweets by its Twitter followers in each newsletter. In Bahrain, An Uprising Unabated Written by Husain Abdulla* Protesters in February 2011. Credit:...
View ArticleADHRB Condemns Reduction of Sentence & Acquittals for Bahrain Police Officers
WASHINGTON, DC – May 28, 2013 – Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) condemns recent decisions by a Bahrain appeals court to reduce punishments for police officers responsible...
View ArticleADHRB Urges US Government to Discuss Human Rights Concerns with Bahrain’s...
WASHINGTON, DC – June 3, 2013 – This week, His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain, is expected to meet with US Government officials during his visit to...
View ArticleOp-ed | Bahrain: The Forgotten Revolution Remains
By Husain Abdulla* Last week, the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, met with a handful of U.S. government officials—including President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe...
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Bahrain Bi-Weekly: Issue 12
Featured Followers ADHRB Marks the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture In 1997, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed June 26 to be the International Day in Support of Victims...
View ArticleADHRB Condemns Recent Violence in Bahrain and Calls for Meaningful Dialogue
WASHINGTON, DC – July 18, 2013 – On Wednesday, an explosion reportedly occurred in the parking lot of a mosque in the town of West Riffa, south of the Bahrain capital of Manama. Americans for Democracy...
View ArticleADHRB Urges Reconsideration of Recommendations Made by Bahrain’s National...
WASHINGTON, DC – July 29, 2013 – On Sunday, the Bahrain National Assembly held an extraordinary session reportedly in response to an increase in violence in Bahrain, but also amid growing support for...
View ArticleBahrain’s Lonely Struggle
*By Husain Abdulla Last month, frustration over the Muslim Brotherhood’s power grab in Egypt sparked a resurgence in massive demonstrations that resulted in the military-led ouster of President...
View ArticleADHRB Marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
WASHINGTON, DC – August 30, 2013 – On August 30, nations around the world take pause to commemorate the United Nations International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Defined as the...
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ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 20
Featured Tweets ADHRB Commemorates the International Day of Nonviolence October 2nd marked the United Nations’ annual International Day of Nonviolence, founded in 2007 on the anniversary of Mahatma...
View ArticleADHRB Concerned by Immense Tear Gas Purchasing Order Issued by Bahrain’s...
WASHINGTON, DC – October 18, 2013 – On Wednesday, October 16, advocacy group Bahrain Watch leaked a document revealing the details of a purchase request made by the Bahrain Ministry of Interior for...
View ArticleADHRB Condemns the Reduction in Sentence for Officer Responsible for Ali...
WASHINGTON, DC – October 21, 2013 – Today, the Criminal High Court of Bahrain decided on the appeal of the unnamed police officer responsible for the death of Ali Abdulhadi Mushaima, reducing his...
View ArticleADHRB Applauds Statements by Special Rapporteur Mendez and other Member...
WASHINGTON, DC – October 25, 2013 – Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) applauds Juan Mendez, the Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment...
View ArticleADHRB Co-Sponsors Campaign to End Impunity in Bahrain
WASHINGTON, DC – November 1, 2013 – Today, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) applauds the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) for the launch of their new campaign, “End...
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ADHRB Announces the Launch of Prisoners for Justice: #BahrainPrisoner of...
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,...
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