ADHRB Weekly Newsletter #366
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** Bahrain
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Panel Event – Bahrain must immediately release the detained HRDs and other activists
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On September 22, 2020, Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) co-hosted an online streamed event with the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) on the sideline of the 45th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC). This event entitled “Bahrain must immediately release the detained HRDs and other activists” focused on the repression and reprisals faced by human rights defenders in Bahrain and on the constant violation of human rights by the government.

The September 22 event was divided into two parts. In the first part, the panelists assessed the history and the current work of Bahraini domestic civil society organizations and human rights defenders. During the presentation, the panelists covered the work of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and the history of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR). The second part focused on the impunity of Bahrain’s governing elite and on how the international community can use its leverage, through legal and economic sanctions, to stop this impunity.

The events included domestic and international experts on the issue of human rights: Husain Abdulla, co-founder and executive director of ADHRB, Khalid Ibrahim, the executive director of GCHR, Devin Kenney from Amnesty international, Emilie Marietta an advocacy assistant of ADHRB and Sue Willman, a prominent UK human rights lawyer. The event was moderated by Antoine Madelin from the International Federation of for Human Rights (FIDH).

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** Profile in Persecution
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Mohamed Ahmed Abdulla Ali Abdulla Serhan
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Mohamed Ahmed Abdulla Ali Abdulla Serhan was a 38 year-old teacher at the Ministry of Education in Bahrain when he was arrested in May 2013. Sentenced for 23 years, Mohamed was subjected to torture and enforced disappearance before he was unfairly tried on the basis of political charges. Mohamed is one of the five people currently in the isolation building of Jau prison, where they’re constantly subjected to torture and restricted from practicing their religious freedom.

Mohamed was arrested on 11 May 2013 by officers in civilian clothing, police forces, as well as the special Security Force Command when the entire town of Sanad was surrounded by helicopters. Mohamed was blindfolded and taken out of a building that had a number of people wanted for political cases, without a warrant.


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** ADHRB at the UN
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** Corruption and Nepotism in the International financial institutions aids
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On 21 September 2020, ADHRB has delivered an oral intervention at the United Nation Human Rights Council session 45 during on interactive debate with The Independent Expert on international order.


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** Bahrain: government led consistent attack on Human Rights Defenders
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On 24 September 2020, ADHRB has delivered an oral intervention at the United Nation Human Rights Council session 45 during on interactive debate under item 3.

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** ADHRB at HRC45: Religious Discrimination in Saudi Arabia
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On 24 September 2020, ADHRB has delivered an oral intervention at the United Nation Human Rights Council session 45 during on interactive debate under item 3.

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The Humanitarian crisis in Yemen caused by the Saudi-UAE led coalition
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On 24 September 2020, ADHRB has delivered an oral intervention at the United Nation Human Rights Council session 45 during on interactive debate under item 3.

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** Around the Gulf
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Buying influence in the US: Saudi interests in DC come at the expense of Human Rights
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The strategic relationship between Saudi Arabia and the US is fostered by shared geopolitical and economic interests rather than homogeneous morals and values. The US-Saudi alliance was cultivated by the US’s reliance on Saudi Arabia during the Cold War and it has grown over the decades through shared regional strategic goals. Since President Obama took office in 2009, the US has sold almost $300 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia and the National Security Agency has been closely cooperating with the Saudi Ministry of Interior since 2013. At the same time, Saudi Arabia has sought to buy influence in the US by employing dozens of American lobbying and PR firms. Through these firms the Saudi government has conducted meetings and donated money to countless candidates that help support Saudi interests in DC and in US foreign policy.

Some of the most prominent of these 39 firms include Hathaway Strategies, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, McKeon Group, Squire Patton Boggs, Holland & Knight, Hogan Lovells, Hohlt Group Global and Qorvis Communications. These firms have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to various campaigns in recent years including Donald Trump for President, the Texas Republican Party, the Republican National Committee and Hoyer for Congress, to name only a few.

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** GCC in the Wire
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** - Saudi dissidents form pro-democracy political group (Reuters) ([link removed])
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A group of Saudi dissidents, most of them in exile, on Wednesday announced the formation of a party to push for political reform in Saudi Arabia in defiance of de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who has moved to crush any dissent.

- Saudi King Salman assails Iran in United Nations debut (Reuters) ([link removed])

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz took aim at Iran during his debut on Wednesday at the annual United Nations meeting of world leaders, calling for a united front to contain Riyadh’s rival and stop it from getting weapons of mass destruction.


** - 'We do our best': fuel shortages make Yemen doctors' lives even harder (Reuters) ([link removed])
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In the Yemeni capital Sanaa, Mohammed al-Ghazaaly’s kidney dialysis machine often cuts out due to an escalating fuel shortage in the country’s north.


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** - Famine Emerges as U.N. Theme, Crystallized by Yemen Disaster (New York Times) ([link removed])
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Starvation again threatens war-afflicted Yemen, where the U.N. has halved food rations for lack of funding. “If we get the money, we still may have famine".

-Saudi Arabia arrests 10 with alleged ties to Iran’s Guard (AP) ([link removed])

Saudi Arabia said Monday its security forces uncovered a “terrorist cell” with alleged ties to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and have detained 10 people in connection.

- Yemen's warring parties agree to their largest prisoner swap as U.N. seeks ceasefire (Reuters) ([link removed])

The U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen wants to build on Sunday’s announcement of the largest prisoner exchange agreement in the five-year conflict to pave the way for a national ceasefire and a political solution to end the war, he said.


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