ADHRB launches a campaign to demand the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor 

Under the slogan “#It’s time to release Ahmed Mansour “, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) announces the launch of a campaign to demand the immediate and unconditional release of the Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, who is detained due to his peaceful human rights-related activities. The organization sent a letter to the Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as the Chairman and members of the Joint Committee on Human Rights in the US Congress, British Parliament, Swiss Parliament, Norwegian Parliament, and Icelandic Parliament, as well as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations. The organization urged these entities to:

• Express concern over Ahmed Mansoor’s poor prison conditions to Emirati authorities and demand his immediate and unconditional release;
• Raise concern and exert pressure through relevant diplomatic channels to pressure the UAE to end its human rights violations; and
• Make public and private representations, including posts on social media, to raise the profile of this case and push for a resolution.

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Ali Hasan Ali

Updated: Hasan Hameed Meshaimea was 25 years old when he was warrantlessly arrested in a pool by masked police officers. He was then subjected to physical and psychological torture and forced to confess. He is currently held at Dry Dock Detention Center where he is still awaiting the judgment of his trial.

On 1 October 2020, at around 11:00 pm, masked police officers entered a pool in Al-Malikiya and, without any justification, took Hasan to the kitchen where he was cut off from other people. He was then stripped of his clothes, except for his underwear. After that, he was physically attacked by a tall, large man who slapped him on his face. He was also threatened by two officers, one of whom was carrying a thick wooden stick and the other carrying a big metal tong.

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