Human Rights Defenders Threatened at the Human Rights Council

On 15 March 2015 during a side event that was organized by Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), human rights defenders Husain Abdulla, Executive Director of ADHRB, and Abdulnabi Al-Ekri, President of Bahrain Transparency Society and member of the Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO), were reportedly threatened by MP Khalid Al-Shaer, Chairman[…]

UN Special Procedures Express Concern over Erasure of the Pearl Roundabout

An Arabic version of this statement can be found here. ### Washington, DC – March 18, 2011 – Four years ago today, government security forces in Bahrain destroyed the Pearl Roundabout, a monument which served as the center of the February 2011 uprising and has since become a symbol of the pro-democracy movement in Bahrain.[…]

Michael Payne Delivers Item 5 Intervention at HRC28

[youtube]https://youtu.be/ywPaHFGsPWs[/youtube] On 18 March, ADHRB Advocacy Associate, Michael Payne, delivered an oral intervention at the 28th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Item 5 on human rights in Bahrain. Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF. الرجاء الضغط  هنا لقراءة هذه الرسالة باللغة العربي ### Mr. President, Alsalam Foundation, together with Americans for[…]

BIRD Advocacy Associate Delivers Item 5 Intervention on Saudi Arabia at HRC28

[youtube]https://youtu.be/44BXr4oCpQ0[/youtube] On 18 March, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy’s Advocacy Associate, Amanda Milani, delivered an oral intervention at the 28th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Item 5 on human rights in Saudi Arabia. Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF. الرجاء الضغط  هنا لقراءة هذه الرسالة باللغة العربي ### Mr.[…]

NGOs Welcome Sweden’s Decision to End Arms Trade with Saudi Arabia

  18 March 2015 – Washington, DC – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), welcome the Swedish government’s decision to end a memorandum of understanding with the Saudi government that,[…]