On 11 September 2019, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers published an Allegation Letter to the Government of Kuwait, citing concern for the unfair trial of Ms. Maria Lazareva. According to the Allegation Letter, Ms. Lazareva is a business executive who worked as the Vice Chair and CEO of KGL Investment[…]
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15 November 2019 – On 12 November, Irish politician Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, what steps he is taking to secure the release of political prisoners in Bahrain. Broughan also inquired if Foreign Minister Coveney has met with Bahraini officials in regard to the issue, and if he plans[…]
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12 November 2019 – Today, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted a mid-term assessment of Bahrain’s completion of recommendations from its Third Cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which took place in 2017. The assessment highlights Bahrain’s lack of commitment to the UPR process, as a majority of recommendations remain unimplemented more[…]
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On 15 July 2019, the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, the Special[…]
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Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) is seeking creative, organized, passionate, and hard-working applicants for a full-time six month Advocacy Internship beginning in January or February 2020 and based in the Hague, Netherlands. We are happy to work with students seeking academic course credit for their work. This is a remote, unpaid[…]
