25 September 2017 – On Saturday, 23 September, Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohamed Al Khalifa, addressed the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In his intervention, the Minister made generic statements about Bahrain’s desire for a strong Middle East, positive relations with other countries,[…]
22 September 2017 – On 20 September 2017, United Nations (UN) Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour presented the office’s eighth report on reprisals at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), raising serious concern over the increased attacks on human rights defenders in Bahrain. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in[…]
21 September 2017 – Today, the Government of Bahrain formally adopted the outcome of its third Universal Periodic Review (UPR) cycle at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, fully or partially accepting only 139 out of the total 175 recommendations. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) deeply regrets[…]
Today, 20 September 2017, at the United Nations (UN) offices in Geneva, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) held a panel discussion on Bahrain and the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process as a side event to the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The panel, titled was moderated by ADHRB’s[…]
Ahmed Mansoor Ansaif is a 16-year-old Bahraini citizen who was detained by officials on 22 July 2017. At 2:30 pm on that day, over a dozen masked men surrounded and violently entered the home where Ahmed lives with his parents and siblings. More men broke into the rooms on the second floor, including the room[…]