Bahrain Bi-Weekly Newsletter: Issue 3

Featured Followers ADHRB features relevant, timely Tweets by its Twitter followers in each newsletter.   ADHRB Travels to Geneva Ahead of UN Human Rights Council Session During the week of February 18, ADHRB traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, to meet with UN officials, representatives from UN member states, and civil society leaders in advance of the[…]

Bahrain Bi-Weekly Newsletter: Issue 2

Click here to subscribe to the Bahrain Bi-Weekly newsletter Featured Followers ADHRB features relevant, timely Tweets by its Twitter followers in each newsletter. ADHRB Commemorates Two-Year Anniversary of February 14 Protests with Bahraini Activists Mohammed al-Maskati, Maryam al-Khawaja, Jalila al-Salman, and Husain Abdulla in front of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. During the week of February[…]

ADHRB Commends Members of Congress for Statements Commemorating the Two-Year Anniversary of Protests in Bahrain

Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) commends the Members of Congress who delivered speeches on the floor, submitted statements for the record, and issued press statements to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the outbreak of protests in Bahrain. “We applaud those Members of Congress who spoke out publicly against the ongoing human[…]

ADHRB on the Two-Year Anniversary of the Uprising in Bahrain

On the two-year anniversary of the uprising in Bahrain, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) implores the United States Government to put substantial pressure on the Government of Bahrain to take action to fulfill the democratic aspirations and human rights of the Bahraini people. “The fact that the Government of Bahrain is[…]

Op-ed | U.S. Foreign Policy in Bahrain Two Years after the Uprising

By Husain Abdulla* During his State of the Union address on Tuesday February 12, 2013, President Obama said that the United States will “stand with citizens as they demand their universal rights, and support stable transitions to democracy” in the Middle East. This statement may come as a surprise to many in Bahrain who have[…]