Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB)

Articles by Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB)

AP / Jon Gambrell

UAE: Free prominent rights defender Ahmed Mansoor held on speech-related charges

91 NGOs call on UAE to immediately and unconditionally release award-winning human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor

Protestors in Mexico City hold up signs demanding justice for slain journalist Miroslava Breach, Associated Press/ Eduardo Verdugo

Spike in journalist killings in Mexico spurs international calls for justice

IFEX members around the world denounce the alarming rate of journalist murders in Mexico and demand a thorough evaluation of existing protection mechanisms.

An anti-government protester carries a sign opposing the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix, in Daih, Bahrain, 3 April 2016, AP Photo/Hasan Jamali

Is F1 taking Bahrain abuses seriously?

The Bahrain Grand Prix will be taking place again this weekend. But will racing fans and Formula 1 pay attention to the repression and deaths going on in the background?

The UN Human Rights Council Chamber, Geneva.

At UNHRC, rights groups highlight deterioration of media freedom in Turkey

Over 70 rights and expression organisations worldwide entreated the UN Human Rights Council’s 34th session to call on Turkey to take immediate steps to address the ongoing free expression crisis in the country.

Anniversary date of the Bahrain 14 February 2011 uprising spelled out in gas canisters, Bahrain Center for Human Rights

Six years on: Bahrain’s human rights crisis deepens

Six years ago today began the largest protest movement in Bahrain’s history. Six years on, the situation has regrettably grown increasingly worse.

Detained on Manus Island (from left): Behrouz Boochani, Eaten Fish and Mehdi Savari, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Australia: Free expression detained?

25 IFEX members question Australia’s detention of dissident journalists, cartoonists and actors at Manus Island.

A large banner shows Saudi Vision for 2030 as a soldier stands guard before the arrival of Saudi King Salman at the inauguration of several energy projects in Ras Al Khair, Saudi Arabia, November 29, 2016., REUTERS/Zuhair Al-Traifi

Vision 2030 myopic on civil society

Saudi Arabia’s vision of its future will inevitably remain near-sighted unless Riyadh stops ignoring the links between economic and societal development.

A large banner shows Saudi Vision for 2030 as a soldier stands guard before the arrival of Saudi King Salman at the inauguration of several energy projects in Ras Al Khair, Saudi Arabia, November 29, 2016., REUTERS/Zuhair Al-Traifi

Vision 2030 myopic on civil society

Saudi Arabia’s vision of its future will inevitably remain near-sighted unless Riyadh stops ignoring the links between economic and societal development.