Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB)

IFEX members and regional partners urge Malaysian MPs to ensure media laws are in line with international standards on online freedom of expression and access to information.

Nasser bin Ghaith’s next hearing is set to be held on 2 May 2016. Until then, he remains in secret detention, despite his claims of torture. Ghaith faces charges based on the broad provisions of the UAE’s Penal Code, cybercrime law, and 2015 counter-terror law; if convicted, he could receive a sentence of life in prison.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.