ADHRB Weekly Newsletter #324
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** Irish Minister Simon Coveney Addresses Question on Ireland’s Role Addressing Human Rights Issues in Bahrain During the Human Rights Council
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On 5 November 2019, Seán Crowe T.D. asked Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney if Ireland will take a leadership role against the human rights violations in Bahrain in the United Nations Human Rights Council, particularly since Minister Coveney has previously noted human rights in Bahrain is a priority for Ireland. Mr. Crowe also inquired as to whether the Foreign Minister would work to ensure a joint statement on the human rights situation in Bahrain is tabled at the next meeting of the council in March 2020. This question was a result of ADHRB’s international advocacy efforts.

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** New and Notable
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** Profiles in Persecution: Salah Saeed AlHammar ([link removed])
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** Around the Gulf
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** UN Experts express “shock, dismay, and outrage” at arbitrary execution of Saudi citizen
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On 7 November 2019, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) published an Opinion on the case of Abbas al-Hassan, a Saudi man who was arrested in 2013 and executed on 23 April 2019. The WGAD found his detention to have been arbitrary and unlawful, in violation of his right to a fair trial, his right to freedom from torture and his right to life, among other violations.

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** New and Notable
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** UN Special Procedures Publish Allegation Letter to Qatar on Discriminatory Treatment of the Bahá’í Religious Minority ([link removed])
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