On 5 March 2026, NGOs delivered an intervention during the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, highlighting violations of the right to work and freedom of peaceful assembly in Bahrain. The statement drew attention to the worsening unemployment crisis since late 2025 and the authorities’ repression of peaceful protests by unemployed citizens,[…]
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On 2 March 2026, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an intervention during the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, under the General Debate of Item 2. The organization highlighted Bahrain’s continued detention of political prisoners despite royal pardons and conditional releases, stressing the ongoing imprisonment of opposition[…]
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Executive summary The following report was produced by Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain and included information presented during the July 2025 session of the UN Committee Against Torture. It considers developments in Bahrain regarding the recommendations that the organisation had raised in the 2017 CAT report. For each of the 18 recommendations,[…]
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On 2 August 2025, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an intervention during the 60th session of the Human Rights Council, under Item 9. ADHRB highlighted the systematic persecution of Shia citizens in Saudi Arabia and called for an end to sectarian discrimination, the release of detainees, freedom of religious practice,[…]
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On 30 September 2025, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) delivered an intervention during the 60th session of the Human Rights Council, under the General Debate of Item 8. ADHRB highlighted U.S. and Israeli war crimes in Yemen, including civilian casualties and the targeting of journalists, and urged Member States to ensure[…]
