The trial of 17-year old U.S. citizen Abdulla Jaffar has been postponed until Wednesday, May 14 because there were no witnesses for the prosecution present. Though a U.S. Embassy representative was present in the courtroom on Tuesday, Abdulla’s family has expressed disappointment about the lack of action on the part of the U.S. government for[…]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 2 May 2014 – Today, the United Nations (U.N.) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) concludes a two-month technical mission to the Kingdom of Bahrain. The purpose of the OHCHR mission was to assess any technical steps the Bahrain government has taken in addressing the human rights crisis facing the[…]
An American teen imprisoned in Bahrain is calling for human rights protections for all Bahraini children who are subjected to detainment and imprisonment in the country. On May 6 2014, 17-year-old American citizen Abdulla Jaffar Abdulla will be tried in a Bahraini court on political charges. Abdulla is not the first American or the first[…]