Leading Policy Experts Urge Strategic Review and Strong Response to Malinowski Expulsion from Bahrain

Washington, D.C. – On July 31, 2014, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain’s Executive Director, Husain Abdulla, joined 17 policy leaders in urging the Obama administration to strongly respond to the recent expulsion of Tom Malinowski, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Labor, and Human Rights, from Bahrain. The letter calls[…]

National Press Club Awardee Held for Past 18 Months in Bahrain

30 July 2014 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), Freedom House, Human Rights First, Just Foreign Policy, Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) and Reporters Without Borders call for the release of the internationally-known Bahraini photographer Ahmed Humaidan, who is to receive the National Press Club’s John Aubuchon Press[…]

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NGOs Send Letter to Members of Congress over Changes to SFOPS Source: Alex Wong/Getty Images North America On 28 July 2014, a coalition of NGOs sent a letter to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX), and Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) regarding proposed changes to Section 7008 of the annual[…]

State Department’s IRF Report Calls Attention to Ongoing Discrimination in Bahrain

On Monday, the U.S Department of State released its annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) Report for 2013. During the official release, Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowski, who was recently expelled from Bahrain after meeting with Shia opposition leaders, said the report would “pull no punches” with American allies, and the report  is in fact quite critical of Bahrain’s[…]

NGOs Send Letter Members of Congress on “Coup Clause”

On 28 July 2014, a coalition of NGOs sent a letter to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX), and Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY)  regarding proposed changes to Section 7008 of the annual State Department, Foreign Operations, and other programs (SFOPS) appropriations bill, which addresses the suspension of U.S. aid in the[…]