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ADHRB Weekly Newsletter #441
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** Bahrain
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** Self-censorship: Bahrainis’ Refuge from the Guillotine of Government Pursuit
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Before the commencement of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on 26 February 2024, ongoing human rights violations in Bahrain have been exposed. This is despite the government’s vigorous efforts to conceal these violations, particularly the freedom of opinion and expression, by claiming superficial reforms before the international community. However, monitoring the human rights situation in the country reveals thegloomy reality ([link removed]) in the field of suppressing freedoms and criminalizing freedom of opinion and expression. As a result, self-censorship has become a prevailing pattern for Bahraini citizens out of fear of government prosecution.


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** Profile in Persecution
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** Profile in Persecution: Ammar Ebrahim Ahmed (Dhaif)
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Ammar Ebrahim Ahmed (Dhaif), a 17-year-old Bahraini high school student and minor, was arrested by Bahraini authorities from his sister’s home on 13 July 2013 without providing an arrest warrant. During his detention, he was subjected to torture, sexual harassment, denial of access to his lawyer during interrogation, an unfair trial based on confessions obtained under torture, and medical negligence. Currently, he is serving a 20-year prison sentence in Jau Prison.


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** Saudi Arabia
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** Recent Developments on Death Penalty in Saudi Arabia: An Overview of the Bloodiest Year in the History of the Country
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The latest reports of 2024 outlined an alarming trend in soaring death penalties in Saudi Arabia. The European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR) affirms ([link removed]) that at least 172 executions were pursued in 2023. Over this number, the European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR) highlights ([link removed]) persistent discrimination in applying the penalty. According to the NGO, Saudi Arabia is primarily targeting domestic workers, foreign nationals, and low-level drug offenders. Since 2015, the Bin Salman family has officially approved
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** Gulf Cooperation Council
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** Scrutinizing the State of “Freedom of the Press’’ Across GCC States
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Historically, Gulf Cooperation Countries have used a strategy of repression by imposing state control of the media or through broad laws and strict censorship. Often, the governments justify this control by referring to social values like cohesiveness and harmony in society. However, this strategy poses journalists in the Gulf at extreme risk. They are harassed, and, on some occasions, they are imprisoned without a possibility of judicial review. Overall, the scores of GCC countries regarding the freedom of the press are low. The country is Kuwait, ranking 108 out of 180, and the worst is Saudi Arabia, ranking 172 out of 180.


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