Featured Tweets ADHRB Commemorates the International Day of Nonviolence October 2nd marked the United Nations’ annual International Day of Nonviolence, founded in 2007 on the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth. A time for appreciating the role of nonviolence in building tolerant and peaceful societies, this holiday celebrates the past accomplishments of people driven to positive action in[…]
Featured Tweets ADHRB Condemns Sentencing of US Citizen in Bahrain Photo Credit: Family Handout via Reuters On September 24, ADHRB learned that Taqi al-Maidan, a 25-year-old United States citizen who has lived in Bahrain for the last eleven years, has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in a Bahrain prison under charges of attempted[…]
Featured Tweets ADHRB Condemns Recent Crackdown on Demonstrators Photo Courtesy: France24 The past few weeks have seen a sharp rise in the number of arrests and prosecutions in Bahrain. The recent arrest of more than fifty activists accused of ‘terrorism’ under the infamous ‘Terrorism Act’ legislation, in addition to the stiffening of penalties against activists, is a[…]
Featured Tweets ADHRB Expresses Deep Concern over Recent Developments in Bahrain Photo Credit: Reuters On September 17, Khalil al-Marzooq, Assistant Secretary General of al-Wefaq, was arrested by Bahraini security forces for ‘inciting and advocating terrorism,’ in reference to a speech al-Marzooq gave earlier this month. In response, al-Wefaq, and other opposition parties withdrew from the national dialogue, which had just resumed last[…]
Featured Tweets ADHRB Applauds Joint Statement on Bahrain by UN Member States Photo Credit: United Nations Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) applauds the 47 United Nations member states who participated in a joint statement expressing serious concern over the human rights situation in Bahrain. The statement—the third to be introduced in as many[…]
