ADHRB Publishes Report on Saudi Arabia’s Judiciary

10 March 2015 – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain is pleased to announce the publishing of a new report entitled The Pretense of Progress–a shadow report on the implementation of Saudi Arabia’s recommendations from the Special Rapporteur on the Judges and lawyers. The report is available for download here. The foreword of the report is available[…]

Event Summary: Criminal Justice & Human Rights in Saudi Arabia

10 March 2015 – Geneva, Switzerland – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), in conjunction with the Bahrain Institute for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Pen International, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights and Human Rights First, hosted an event at the 28th session[…]

The Cognitive Dissonance at the Heart of American Diplomacy

Husain Abdulla 9 March 2015 Secretary of State John Kerry has certainly earned the right to speak before the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, Switzerland. As a US Senator and now Secretary of State, he has promoted human rights and the expansion of freedom in authoritarian nations. Therefore, when Secretary Kerry remarks, “When people[…]

NGOs Commemorate International Women’s Day

Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), in coordination with the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the Bahrain Institute for Human Rights (BIRD) would like to take the occasion of the International Day of Women to commemorate the position of women human rights defenders, peaceful protesters, and non-aligned medical practitioners in[…]