WASHINGTON, DC – 22 May 2014 – Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) strongly condemns the death of a 14-year-old boy from Sitra in Bahrain on 21 May, and calls for an independent investigation into his death. Sayed Mahmood Sayed Mohsen died after being shot in the chest at close range by[…]
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Bahrain Must Fully Cooperate with OHCHR On 2 May 2014, the United Nations (U.N.) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) concluded a two-month technical mission to the Kingdom of Bahrain. OHCHR has been extremely active in addressing the litany of human rights abuses in Bahrain. Unfortunately, the Government of Bahrain’s own obstinacy and interference limited the[…]
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May
This Saturday, May 24, prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab is scheduled to be released from prison after completing an arbitrary and politically-motivated sentence. After 2 years detention, Rajab will leave prison only to find his country in crisis. Compounding abuses from the past three years have laid waste to human rights in Bahrain, creating a rapidly[…]
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May
Bahrain prosecutors further delayed proceedings in the case of 17-year old Virginia native, Abdulla Jaffar, postponing his trial until 28 May 2014. The reason given was that no witnesses were present in the court to testify. The continued detention of Abdulla Jaffar despite a lack of evidence or witnesses to any criminal act is further[…]
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May
Last week, Bahraini Prince Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa was identified as the defendant in a case involving allegations of torture, as the prosecution service of England and Wales faced a legal challenge regarding the status of Prince Nasser’s immunity from prosecution. In 2012, a Bahraini asylee living in the United Kingdom (U.K.) submitted a case[…]
