Articles by Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB)
![26 year old Pakistani journalist Zeenat Shahzadi was kidnapped off the streets of Lahore in August 2015. , Facebook](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/zeenat-shahzadi-header-nov16.jpg)
The Pakistani government must release Zeenat Shahzadi from custody
Journalist Zeenat Shahzadi was recently recovered from a kidnapping. Rather than releasing her to her family, the Pakistani government is arbitrarily holding her in custody.
![Anti-government protesters hold up images of jailed human rights activist Nabeel Rajab during a solidarity protest outside his home in Bani Jamra, Bahrain, 14 May 2015, AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/bahrain-jailed-activist-nabeel-rajab-ap.jpg)
How repressive Arab regimes are expanding their reach
Our Middle East and North Africa round-up spotlights Bahrain’s first military trial of civilians since 2011, a growing crackdown on members of Egypt’s LGBTQI+ community, and a new player restricting Iranians’ internet access.
![Bahraini anti-government protesters march in the northern village of Abu Saiba, Bahrain, 8 August 2014. The posters show jailed Wa'ad Society leader Ebrahim Sharif, calling for his freedom, AP Photo/Hasan Jamali](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bahrain-waad-political-opposition-dissolved-ap.jpg)
Bahraini appeals court confirms dissolution of Wa’ad, last major opposition group
Bahrain’s High Court of Appeals has confirmed the asset seizure and dissolution of Wa’ad. It was the last major opposition group officially operating in Bahrain following the July 2016 dissolution of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.
![A woman buys the final issue of The Cambodia Daily newspaper at a store along a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, September 4, 2017. , REUTERS/Samrang Pring](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cambodia-daily-dictatorship.jpg)
Immediate action needed to end attacks on democracy in Cambodia
IFEX members join 55 NGOs in an open call to the international community to reconvene the Paris Peace Conference in light of its 26th anniversary and worsening attacks on democracy in Cambodia.
![Ghana President elect Nana Akufo-Addo, of the New Patriotic Party, smiles on being declared the winner of the presidential election in Accra, Ghana, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016., Sunday Alamba / AP](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ap_16344834626282.jpg)
Urgent Call on the Advancement of Citizens’ Access to Information in Ghana
34 NGOs call on the government of Ghana to ensure its citizens’ right to access to information.
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HRC 36: Secure digital communications are essential for human rights
A joint statement by the Association of Progressive Communications, IFEX and 64 co-signatories at the UN-HRC 36 warns of the threat to human rights posed by recent attacks on the right to use encryption technology, in Turkey and across the globe.
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Pressure mounts on Cambodia a year after Kem Ley’s killing
On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.
![An anti-government protester carries a sign against torture during a march in Daih, Bahrain, 10 May 2013; the graffiti on the wall reads:" Our prisoners are in our hearts", AP Photo/Hasan Jamali](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/bahrain-nsa-torture-rights-defenderal-saegh-detained-ap.jpg)
Rights advocate Ebtesam al-Saegh lawlessly detained for second time in as many months
Ms. Ebtesam al-Saegh has been a vital advocate for human rights in Bahrain at a time when voicing such opinions inside the country has become extraordinarily dangerous.