Articles by Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB)
![Protesters holding Bahraini flags and placards with images of Bahrain's leading Shi'ite cleric Isa Qassim, shout religious slogans during an anti-government protest after Friday prayers in the village of Diraz, west of Manama, Bahrain, August 12, 2016. The placards read, "We sacrifice our souls for you". , REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rtsmvk8.jpg)
Escalating police violence in besieged village of Diraz in Bahrain
“Bahrain is gambling with its stability,” said Director of Advocacy at Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) Sayed Ahmed AlWadaei.
![Women walk past buildings as the sun sets in Doha October 19, 2010. , REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/qatarqomwner.jpg)
Qatar blocks prominent Doha News
Qatar’s leading English independent news publication reports that its Qatar readers can no longer access its site, a development that could prove to be a fatal blow to free expression in the Gulf nation.
![Women walk past buildings as the sun sets in Doha October 19, 2010. , REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/qatarqomwner.jpg)
Qatar blocks prominent Doha News
Qatar’s leading English independent news publication reports that its Qatar readers can no longer access its site, a development that could prove to be a fatal blow to free expression in the Gulf nation.
![Imprisoned journalist Faisal Hayyat](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/faisalbahrain.jpg)
Bahrain must cease judicial harassment of Faisal Hayyat and other Bahraini journalists
48 human rights organizations have signed a letter asking King Hamad to cease its judicial harassment of human rights defenders and its violation of their right to freedom of expression.
![AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ap_491014174862.jpg)
Egypt’s Draft NGO Law Dismantles Civil Society
We, the undersigned civil society organisations unequivocally condemn the law on civic associations (non-governmental organisations) adopted by Egypt’s Parliament on 15 November 2016. The Parliament has debated and approved the bill in its entirety in record time, and referred it to the State Council for legal review (non-binding on the Parliament in this case). If […]
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Parliament must defend health of Turkish democracy
Over 40 organisations call for Turkey’s national assembly to end the national state of emergency, extended for three months on October 19th.
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The Middle East’s unusual suspects: MENA round-up
Oman and Jordan are two of the most stable countries in their region. But, as Hiba Zayadin points out in our MENA round-up, things may be taking a sinister turn for regular Jordanians and Omanis.
![Saudi Shi'ite clerics attend the funeral of four people, who were killed in an attack at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque on Friday January 29, in Saudi Arabia's al-Ahsa district in Eastern Province February 1, 2016., REUTERS/Zuhair Al-Traifi](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/shiaclerics_saudi_rt.jpg)
Saudi Arabia clamps down on outspoken Shia opposition clerics
Denouncing decades of Saudi state-sponsored discrimination, clerics like Sheikh Habib and Sheikh Nimr evoke international human rights principles and advocate for political equality.