Bahrain’s High Criminal Appeals Court has delayed a judgment due on November 27th in the case of Mohamed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa. Both men had previously been sentenced to death on the basis of torture-tainted confessions. The verdict will now be issued on Christmas Day, showing Bahrain's tendency to bury controversial news on days when Western legislators and media are preoccupied.

Read the full statement here.

New and Notable

Profiles in Persecution: Hasan Moosa Ali

In occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25 November, ADHRB and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) started a 16-day social media campaign against gender-based violence. Until 10 December, we will spotlight on our Twitter the cases of powerful Bahraini women standing up for human rights and striving for change.

Follow the campaign here.