ADHRB Weekly Newsletter #316
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** Bahrain
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** Senators Murphy, Rubio, and Wyden Send Letter to President Trump Urging Him to Raise Human Rights Concerns During Meeting with Bahraini Crown Prince
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On Friday 13 September, Senators Chris Murphy, Marco Rubio, and Ron Wyden sent a letter to President Donald Trump ahead of his meeting with Bahrain’s Crown Prince, Sheikh Salman bin Hamad AlKhalifa. In the letter, the Senators urged President Trump to raise human rights concerns during the meeting and to call on the Crown Prince to release prisoners of conscience and resume national dialogue with the peaceful opposition.

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** New and Notable
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** ADHRB and BIRD Side Event and Report Launch at HRC42: Bahraini Women Political Prisoners ([link removed])

Profiles in Persecution: Ali Ebrahim Salman ([link removed])

At HRC42, ADHRB Called Attention to the Hunger Strike in Bahrain ([link removed])

ADHRB Advises HRC42 to Pressure Bahrain to Respect its International Obligations ([link removed])
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** Around the Gulf
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** ADHRB holds side event at HRC42 on Kuwait’s UPR and the plight of the bidoon
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On 12 September 2019, at the 42nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) held a side event panel examining the State of Kuwait’s fidelity to the recommendations it received under its last Universal Periodic Review (UPR). In particular, the panelists, Lisa Majumdar of CIVICUS, Mohamed Alenezi of Kuwaiti Bedoon’s Movement, Costanza Mendola of ADHRB, and Khadidja Nemar of MENA Rights Group looked at freedom of expression, freedom of association, and the rights of the stateless persons – the bidoon. The panel was moderated by Bridget Quitter of ADHRB and supported by numerous international NGOs.

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** New and Notable
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** UN Special Procedures Publishes Allegation Letter to Saudi Arabia on Illegal Surveillance ([link removed])

ADHRB at the HRC42 Raised Concerns over the Lack of Clean Water and Sanitation Facilities in Yemen due to the Saudi and Emirati Aggression. ([link removed])
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