Newsletter #119

Urgent Appeal: Release Prisoner of Conscience Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace as Hunger Strike Reaches 160th Day On 21 March 2015, Dr. al-Singace went on hunger strike in protest of the collective punishment and acts of torture that police inflicted upon prisoners following a riot in Jau Prison earlier that month. Last Thursday, he passed 160 days of[…]

Urgent Appeal: Release Prisoner of Conscience Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace as Hunger Strike Reaches 160th Day

Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace is a prisoner of conscience and a member of the Bahrain 13, a group of activists arrested by the Bahraini government for their role in peaceful protests in 2011. Dr. al-Singace is a blogger, academic, and former Head of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bahrain. Dr. al-Singace is currently serving a[…]

Newsletter #118

NGOs Condemn Arrest of Former al-Wefaq MP Sheikh Hasan Isa The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) express concern over the recent arrest of Sheikh Hasan Isa, a prominent member of the opposition political group al-Wefaq National[…]

NGOs Condemn Arrest of Former al-Wefaq MP Sheikh Hasan Isa

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) express concern over the recent arrest of Sheikh Hasan Isa, a prominent member of the opposition political group al-Wefaq National Islamic Society. His arrest is the latest in a series[…]

Newsletter #117

Senators Offer Reality Check on Bahrain Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain’s Kate Kizer and Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy’s Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei published an op-ed commenting on Senate resolution S.2009, co-sponsored by Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), that was introduced 6 August 2015. The resolution would prohibit the U.S. from selling certain arms and[…]