ADHRB Weekly Newsletter #315
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Bahrain

Breaking the Silence: Bahraini Women Political Prisoners Expose Systemic Abuses

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.

New and Notable

 

ADHRB Sends Letter to Ambassador Siberell Calling on Him to Uphold Human Rights Promises He Made During His Confirmation Hearing Two Years Ago

HRC42 Written Statement: A Culture of Impunity in Bahrain

Profiles in Persecution: Hasan Ali Fateel

Around the Gulf

HRC42 Written Statement: The imprisonment of Women’s Rights Defenders in Saudi Arabia

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.

New and Notable

 

GCC Cases Raised in the HRC 42 Special Procedures Joint Communications Report

ADHRB at the Human Rights Council Raised Concerns about the Use of Mercenaries in the Yemeni Conflict

HRC42 Written Statement: Kuwait’s UPR: Systematic Human Rights violations and the ongoing targeting of the Bidoon.

 
 
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 ADHRB's UN Complaint Program.
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