17 International NGOs Voice Support for Joint Statement on Bahrain

25 September 2015 – Geneva, Switzerland – Following the publishing of a joint statement on the human rights situation in Bahrain by 33 States at the 30th Session of the Human Rights Council, 17 international NGOs sent a letter to the foreign ministries of Albania, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta,[…]

33 States Join 5th UN Joint Statement on Human Rights in Bahrain

14 September 2015 – Geneva, Switzerland – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), welcome today’s joint statement raising the concern of 33 States about the human rights situation in Bahrain during the 30th Session of the Human Rights[…]

Torture in Saudi Arabia Raised at Event in United Nations

17 September 2015 – Geneva, Switzerland – The systemic practice of torture in Saudi Arabia was raised today in a parallel event at the 30th Session of the Human Rights Council. The event, hosted by Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) and co-sponsored by CIVICUS, the European Saudi Organizaiton for Human Rights,[…]

Bahraini Obstinance Raised in Written Statement to UN

At the 30th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ADHRB, along the Bahrain Institute for Rights & Democracy and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, submitted a written statement on the subject of human rights abuses in Bahrain. The statement discussed the continued failure of the Bahraini government to engage in a dialogue with[…]

In Written Statement to UN, ADHRB Raises Torture, Killings in GCC

At the 30th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain submitted a written statement on the subject of human rights abuses in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. The statement specifically discussed the ongoing systematic abuses within the judicial systems and highlighted violations[…]