Newsletter #90

 

 

 

We Are Human Rights Defenders, but Bahrain Says We’re Terrorists

 

On 31 January 2015, the Bahraini Ministry of the Interior revoked the citizenship of Sayed Alwadaei and 71 others, including journalists, doctors, political activists and a human rights activist, rendering most of them stateless. In the Guardian, Alwadaei asks: When the government of Bahrain equates the work of journalists and human rights defenders to the most brutal murder of innocents, I must ask: is this what Philip Hammond considers the “right direction”?

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Updates from the Ground More than 43 people were arrested, including 2 children 24 individual were sentenced to 123 year in prison 3 trials postponed Dozens of protests and sit-ins took place Security forces continue to use excessive force including tear gas and shotgun pellets against protesters Click here for the full report.

From ADHRBBahrain Week 2015 Schedule Upcoming Event: Combating Extremism in the GCC February Champions For Justice: Bahrain’s Prisoners of Conscience

Bahrain in the NewsBahrain Brands Refugee an “Enemy” Bahrain Suspends Saudi Alarab TV Channel Will Enter Bahrain with Blazing Guns and Behead the King, Says ISIS Fighter

Commentary on Bahrain Two Alternative Paths Separate the Arab WorldSpare the People Leaders with Western Educations Bahraini Exiles Test Britain’s Policy on Statelessness

NGOs Statements on BahrainBahrain: Stop Arbitrarily Rendering Citizens Stateless Citizenship Revoked of 72 People, Including Journalists and Human Rghts Defenders

Arabic Articles Deporting an Individual and Revoking the Citizenship of OthersPlease click here for a PDF of this article in English Detainee Sayed Adnan’s Mother: My Son is Deprived of Medical Care Please click here for a PDF of this article in English

Are you a victim of a human rights abuse in Bahrain or Saudi Arabia? Document your case with the Special Procedures of the United Nations through ADHRB’s UN Complaint Program.