ADHRB Hiring Communications Fellow

Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) is a non-profit organization that seeks to foster awareness of and support for the pro-democracy movement in Bahrain and the Middle East. We seek a communications fellow responsible for helping establish and execute organization-wide communications priorities, processes products, and strategies. This position requires a minimum of[…]

NGOs Condemn 4 Year Prison Sentence Against Bahrain Opposition Leader Sheikh Ali Salman

  16 June 2015 – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) strongly condemn today’s sentencing of Sheikh Ali Salman to four years in prison on politically-motivated charges. The arrest, detention and sentencing of Sheikh Ali Salman is[…]

ADHRB Condemns Qatari Migrant Labor Abuse at HRC29

On June 15, Executive Director of ADHRB, Husain Abdulla, delivered an oral intervention at the 29th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Item 2 on human rights in Bahrain. Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF. Mr. President, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain[…]

DC Premiere of Award-winning Documentary “Witness Bahrain” on Capitol Hill – June 17, 2015

Media contact: Kate Kizer, kkizer@adhrb.org, (202) 621-6141 x 103 Washington D.C. – June 15, 2015 – “Witness Bahrain”, a new award-winning documentary by donkeysaddle projects, will premiere in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 5:30pm on Capitol Hill. The screening, which is co-sponsored by Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA), Americans for Democracy & Human[…]

Wife of Tortured Blogger Delivers Statement on Freedom of Expression at HRC29

On June 15, Hooreya Ali Ebrahim Ali, wife of Bahraini blogger Zakariya Ashiri, who died from torture, delivered an oral intervention at the 29th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva under Item 2 on freedom of expression in Bahrain. Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF. الرجاء[…]