ADHRB Weekly Newsletter #439
View this email in your browser ([link removed])


** Bahrain
------------------------------------------------------------


** Chronology of Violations: from arrest to detention
------------------------------------------------------------

Through its documentation of various cases of Bahraini individuals currently held in Dry Dock Detention Center, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) has identified a set of systemic practices perpetrated by Bahraini authorities, which violate international law and standards of human rights. ADHRB would like to express concern over the expanding campaign of arrests and human rights violations occurring on an almost daily basis at the direction of Bahraini authorities.

Husain Abdulla, Executive Director of ADHRB, commented: “Bahrain has displayed a blatant disregard for international law and for the conduct of a responsible member of the international community, by its consistent violation of the rights of Bahrainis from the moment they are arrested until the moment of their imprisonment. Widespread arrest campaigns and inconsistent durations of pre-trial detention have negatively impacted the lives of many, even if they are eventually released. Bahrain must uphold its human rights obligations in treating pre-trial detention as a means of last resort”.

Read the full article here ([link removed]) ([link removed])


** Saudi Arabia
------------------------------------------------------------


** Human Rights Organizations Address F1 Sportswashing in Joint Letters to Drivers
------------------------------------------------------------

On 24 March 2022, ADHRB and nine other human rights organizations issued joint letters to four Formula 1 (F1) drivers – George Russell ([link removed]) , George Russell ([link removed]) , Max Verstappen ([link removed]) , and Sebastian Vettel ([link removed]) – ahead of the F1 race in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The groups expressed their concern for F1’s complicity in the Saudi government’s use of the event as means to ‘sportswash’ its egregious human rights violations, which includes the recent execution of 81 people on March 12^th, the
largest mass execution in the country’s history.

Saudi Arabia has carried out several mass executions in recent years. The March 12^th mass execution is the most recent demonstration of the kingdom’s deeply flawed justice system and example of the monarchy’s violent hold on power. According to the joint letter, of the 81 people executed, more than 50 percent were killed for their participation in pro-democracy protests and over 70 percent were executed for nonlethal offenses. These statistics rare part of a dark reality, the Saudi state suppresses dissent by killing its critics, through sham trials marred built on due process violations and securing convictions from false confessions extracted under coercion and torture. Despite widespread international condemnation ([link removed]) following the announcement of the mass execution, executions have continued a nearly daily basis; 16 more people were executed in the two weeks between the mass execution and
the release of the joint letters. Alarmingly, there have already been more in executions in 2022 than in the two previous years combined.

Read the full article here ([link removed])


** Profile in Persecution
------------------------------------------------------------


** Mohamed, Muqtada, and Muntadher Jaafar AlKuwaiti
------------------------------------------------------------

Mohamed, Muqtada, and Muntadher AlKuwaiti are three young brothers who were only between 14 and 15 years old when they were arrested in 2021. They suffered various violations for months considering their young age and have been sentenced to a year in prison. They are currently serving their sentence at a center for orphans and children of unknown parents.

The AlKuwaiti brothers were summoned for the first time in June 2021. On the evening of 15 June 2021, the father received a call from Sitra police station asking them to come to the station the next day. When they arrived with their father, he was denied the chance to enter with them to the interrogation room. The children were asked to enter the interrogation room individually without the presence of their father. They were released after around 6 hours of questioning regarding participation in demonstrations and were asked to come again the following day to be presented before the PPO, which ordered their subjection to security monitoring for 6 months.


Read the full article here ([link removed])
[link removed]

============================================================


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 ([link removed])
.

Copyright © 2017 ADHRB, All rights reserved.
Contact us at: ** [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

** unsubscribe from this list ([link removed])
| ** update subscription preferences ([link removed])

** Twitter ([link removed])
** Twitter ([link removed])
** Facebook ([link removed])
** Facebook ([link removed])
** Website ([link removed])
** Website ([link removed])
** YouTube ([link removed])
** YouTube ([link removed])

This email was sent to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
why did I get this? ([link removed]) unsubscribe from this list ([link removed]) update subscription preferences ([link removed])
Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain . 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW . Suite 205 . Washington, DC 20036 . USA

Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp
[link removed]