Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) participated in the 48th session of the Human Rights Council, which commenced virtually on September 13, 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. During this session, ADHRB delivered nine online oral interventions regarding human rights violations in Bahrain and Yemen. Moreover, in cooperation with the Gulf[…]
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We, the undersigned human rights organisations, are writing to express our concern regarding recent reports that Project Associates has been hired to promote the candidacy of Ahmed Al Raisi, the General Inspector of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Interior, to the presidency of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL). We are also aware[…]
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Abdulla AbdulKarim AlAnjawi is a 23-year-old Bahraini national who was arrested without a warrant from his home by Bahraini authorities in the beginning of 2021. He has been subjected to torture and ill-treatment both during interrogations and while in detention at Jau prison, where he is serving his sentence. At dawn on the 4th of[…]
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A bill released by the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday addresses head-on the ongoing violations of human rights by the Government of Bahrain. “Chairman Christopher Coons and the Senate Appropriations Committee have shined a bright light on the brutality and inhumanity of the Government of Bahrain against its own people,” said Husain Abdulla, Executive Director of[…]
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Sayed Adnan Majed Hashem was a 22-year-old worker at Al-Manhal water factory when he was arrested in October 2018, for the fourth time in his life, from a house in AlDair. Since his detention, Sayed Adnan has suffered physical and psychological torture, as well as religious discrimination at the hands of the Bahraini authorities. He[…]
