Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB)

Authorities in Jau Prison are asked to provide the medication that Mr. Mushaima requires for multiple chronic illnesses, and ensure the rights and humane treatment of prisoners of conscience in Bahrain.

This statement was originally published on adhrb.org on 24 May 2018. Last week, Saudi authorities arrested 10 people – seven women and three men – for their work to promote women’s rights only weeks before the government is set to lift the ban on women driving. Since the arrests, state media has vilified the activists […]

The court is expected to issue its verdict against the three leading members of the now-dissolved Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society on politically motivated charges.

The Bahraini Interior Minister announced that the kingdom’s security forces would be taking new measures to “track down” activists for criticizing the government on social media.

The presence of Formula One in Bahrain has coincided with renewed crackdowns and police brutality, sometimes fatal.

In a month that included a malware surveillance campaign in Lebanon, Telegram being blocked in Iran and crackdowns in Tunisia, the release of Hisham Al-Omeisy was a welcome bit of good news.

In December, MENA activists focused on the plight of political detainees serving lengthy and unjust sentences in obscurity.

As the saga of Saudi’s hunted elites commanded attention across the Middle East and North Africa this November, news of the region’s less powerful prey fell by the wayside. Authorities in Kuwait, Bahrain, Libya, Morocco, and Egypt went after protesters, journalists, and human rights defenders critical of their regimes.