Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) was a participant in a consortium of 23 human rights organizations led by Human Rights First that also includes several other IFEX members that submitted case files aimed at applying sanctions to over a dozen individuals or entities by the United States government under […]
Bahrain has recently launched an international “religious tolerance” campaign that’s included a range of PR moves, such as the king publishing op-eds in US newspapers and sending his son, Royal Guard Commander Sheikh Nasser Al Khalifa, to the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles to formally launch […]
1 November 2017 – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted open letters calling on the United States Government to suspend the issuance of diplomatic visas for Bahrain’s Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa pending a full review of his rights record by the Department of State and […]
1 November 2017 – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) spoke with CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation to discuss increasing repression in Bahrain and opportunities for international engagement. In the interview, “Closure of civic space constitutes an existential threat to independent civil society in Bahrain,” Michael […]
14 August 2017 – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) Executive Director Husain Abdulla criticizes US complicity in the ongoing violence in Awamiya, Saudi Arabia and condemns all violence that has occurred in the area over the past months. “The Saudi government’s ongoing military operation in Awamiya […]
