Articles by Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB)
Free expression groups call on UN to appoint Special Representative for the Safety of Journalists
34 IFEX members are supporting RSF’s initiative to create the position of a Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for the Safety of Journalists.
UAE yet to reveal whereabouts of academic arrested 8 months ago
Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith is one of possibly hundreds of other disappeared persons in the UAE. He is also one of hundreds of political and human rights activists against whom the Emirati government has arrested and taken action against.
John Kerry urged to stand up for human rights during visit to Bahrain
Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) urges U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to use his first visit to Manama to assert in person what the State Department has supported in the past: the institution of greater human rights protections, the implementation of democratic reforms, and the release of all prisoners of conscience in Bahrain.
In Kuwait, parliamentary immunity is no protection for criticism
On March 29, Kuwait’s parliament voted to strip Member of Parliament, and human rights defender, Abdulhamid Dashti of his parliamentary immunity over comments he made against Saudi Arabia, and in support of Syrian President al-Assad.
Bahrain: You can demolish a monument, but not a revolution
Five years ago this week, hundreds of thousands of people rose up in support of democracy and human rights in Bahrain. Despite constant pressure and continued crackdowns, Bahrain’s pro-democracy movement has endured.
Bahrain must end harassment of human rights defender Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman
IFEX members call on the Government of Bahrain to stop the judicial harassment of Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, and to allow human rights defenders to exercise their right to freedom of expression.
Bahraini newspapers sign restrictive “Charter of Press Ethics”
If applied to pro-government media outlets, the charter could check incitement against Bahrain’s Shia population, but there are concerns it may instead be used to further censor non-government aligned newspapers.
Bahraini rights defender Mohammad Al-Maskati faces prison if sentence upheld
Al-Maskati is the founder and former president of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR), and is currently a digital security consultant at Front Line Defenders. On 31 December 2014, the Lower Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced him to six months in prison but he remained free on bail of 100 BHD until the appeal.