HRC42 Written Statement: The Plight of Female Political Prisoners in Bahrain

Ahead of the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted a written statement to the Council to raise awareness and voice concerns around Bahrain’s detention of female political prisoners. Continue reading below for the full text of statement, or click here for a[…]

HRC42 Written Statement: ADHRB unequivocally condemns the attack on Photojournalist by Bahraini Embassy in London

Ahead of the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted a written statement to the Council concerning the treatment of journalists in the Gulf, and impunity, as well as efforts by Gulf states like Bahrain to silence dissent even outside their borders. Continue[…]

HRC42 Written Statement: Unjust Executions in Bahrain: the Cases of Ali AlArab and Ahmed AlMalali

Ahead of the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted a written statement to the Council concerning death penalty in Bahrain and the recent executions of Ali Arab and Ahmed AlMalali which took place this July 2019 despite allegations of torture and unfair[…]

ADHRB Calls on the Human Rights Council to Invoke GA Resolution 60/251 to Eject Bahrain from the Council

  On 3 July 2019, within the 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneve, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) made an oral statement during the Item 5 General Debate, drawing the Council’s attention to some of the abuses committed by the Bahraini government, demonstrating the state’s disregard to[…]