ADHRB Exclusive Interview with Activist Travis Brimhall

Last week, while government officials, security advisors, and members of the intelligence community were in Bahrain for the Manama Dialogue, Travis Brimhall, Head of the International Office for the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), spent the week in Washington, D.C., speaking with members of the broader policy community to discuss the human rights situation[…]

ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 28

Nabeel Rajab: ADHRB’s December Champion for Justice Nabeel Rajab is a building contractor and a committed human rights activist who has held numerous leading positions in human rights organizations such as the International Federation for Human Rights, the Middle East division of Human Rights Watch, and Bahrain Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence Organization.  Most recently, he served[…]

ADHRB Commends Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton

WASHINGTON, DC – November 26, 2013 – Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) commends European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton for her statement marking the two year anniversary of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) report. Presented by a spokesperson for Catherine Ashton, the statement called attention to the Government of[…]

ADHRB Applauds Committee on Academic Freedom for Al-Singace Letter

WASHINGTON, DC – November 25, 2013 – Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) applauds the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA) for submitting a letter to the King of Bahrain expressing their “deep concern about the well-being” of Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace. Sent on 21 November[…]

ADHRB Applauds House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Hearing on U.S. Policy toward Bahrain

  WASHINGTON, DC – November 19, 2013 – Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) applauds the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for holding a hearing today entitled “U.S. Policy Toward the Arabian Peninsula: Yemen and Bahrain,” which featured testimony from U.S. Department of[…]