ADHRB Weekly Newsletter #315
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** Bahrain
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** Breaking the Silence: Bahraini Women Political Prisoners Expose Systemic Abuses
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Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy are pleased to release Breaking the Silence: Bahraini Women Political Prisoners Expose Systemic Abuses, which examines the cases of nine former and current women political prisoners in Bahrain from the moment of their arrest through their interrogation, trial, and detention.

Read the full report here. ([link removed])
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** New and Notable
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** ADHRB Sends Letter to Ambassador Siberell Calling on Him to Uphold Human Rights Promises He Made During His Confirmation Hearing Two Years Ago ([link removed])

HRC42 Written Statement: A Culture of Impunity in Bahrain ([link removed])

Profiles in Persecution: Hasan Ali Fateel ([link removed])
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** Around the Gulf
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** HRC42 Written Statement: The imprisonment of Women’s Rights Defenders in Saudi Arabia
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Ahead of the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) submitted a written statement to the Council concerning Saudi Arabia’s targeting of women human rights defenders for arrest, detention, and torture and ill treatment.

Read the full statement here. ([link removed])
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** New and Notable
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** GCC Cases Raised in the HRC 42 Special Procedures Joint Communications Report ([link removed])

ADHRB at the Human Rights Council Raised Concerns about the Use of Mercenaries in the Yemeni Conflict ([link removed])

HRC42 Written Statement: Kuwait’s UPR: Systematic Human Rights violations and the ongoing targeting of the Bidoon. ([link removed])
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Are you a victim of a human rights abuse in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, or other GCC states?

Document your case with the Special Procedures of the United Nations through
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