Not Free, Not Fair: Bahrain’s 2018 Parliamentary Elections

19 June 2018 – Today, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) hosted a side event at the 38th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, in cooperation with Amnesty International, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, Index on Censorship, CIVICUS, PEN International, Human Rights Watch, the Gulf Centre for Human[…]

High Commissioner Zeid Raises Critical Concerns about Bahrain at the Opening of HRC 38

18 June 2018 – Today, during his remarks at the opening of the 38th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, sharply criticized Bahrain for its continuing refusal to cooperate with the Office of the High Commissioner and the mandates of the Human Rights[…]

HRC38 Written Statement: Bahrain’s Closure of Political Space Ahead of Elections

Ahead of the 38th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain submitted a written statement on the Bahraini government’s closure of independent political space ahead of the upcoming 2018 parliamentary elections. Read a PDF of the written statement here.   Complete Closure of Independent Political Space[…]

US State Department Releases 2017 Report on Human Rights in Bahrain

On 20 April 2018, the United States (US) Department of State released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017. Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) welcomes the report’s substantive section detailing the wide range of US human rights concerns in Bahrain, but urges the State Department to implement new policies[…]

On International Human Rights Day, Systematic Abuses Persist in the GCC

11 December 2017 – Yesterday, 10 December 2017, marked International Human Rights Day, commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). In honor of this occasion, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) reiterates our call for all governments around the world to protect and promote fundamental human rights[…]