On International Women’s Day, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) highlights brave women human rights defenders and women who have been unjustly subjected to human rights violations and imprisonment in the Gulf. Zahra Salman Hasan Zahra Salman Hasan (Zahra Al-Shaikh) is a Bahraini human rights defender and mother. She played a role[…]
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18 December 2017 – The six states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Oman – rely heavily on migrant labor and are noted for widespread and systematic migrant rights abuses. These violations largely stem from the GCC-wide use of the kafala system of labor[…]
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On Thursday 9 November, two journalists working for a Swiss news outlet were detained and forcibly disappeared in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Serge Enderlin and Jon Bjorgvinsson were in Abu Dhabi to cover the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi and interview the museum’s architect, Jean Nouvel. The pair claims that they were accredited[…]
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On 1 November 2017, Saudi Arabia established a new counter-terrorism law. This law, consisting of 96 articles (27 of which deal solely with punishments), replaces and expands upon the last counter-terror law passed in December 2013. Instead of using the nearly four years since the last passage of law to improve legislation roundly criticized for[…]
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Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) is seeking creative, organized, passionate, and hard-working applicants for our Advocacy Internship position for the Spring (January 2018 – May 2018). We are happy to work with students seeking academic course credit for their work. The internship is unpaid. Responsibilities Interns will: Track and report on[…]
