In Written Statement to UN, ADHRB Raises Torture, Killings in GCC
At the 30th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain submitted a written statement on the subject of human rights abuses in Bahrain,...
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Letter Urges Secretary Kerry to Press UAE to Stop Persecuting Human Rights...
On the occasion of Secretary Kerry’s meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) and Human Rights First (HRF) sent a...
View ArticleOne Month On: Where is Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith?
Today marks one month since the arrest and disappearance of prominent Emirati academic Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith. On 18 August 2015, UAE security forces detained Dr. bin Ghaith allegedly in relation to his...
View ArticleAt UN, ADHRB, BIRD, & ECDHR Raise Use of Extraterritorial Censorship in GCC...
Geneva, Switzerland — 28 September 2015 — On behalf of Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR), and the Bahrain...
View ArticleUAE Activist Receives International Human Rights Award
On 6 October 2015, a jury of ten leading human rights NGOs awarded Emirati activist Ahmed Mansoor the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. The jury commended Mansoor’s continued efforts to...
View ArticleLabor Reforms in Qatar & UAE Require More than Rhetoric
The international community has devoted an unprecedented level of attention to migrant labor abuses in Qatar since its successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup. NGOs and governments alike have called...
View ArticlePrisoner Profile: Kamal and Mohammed al-Darat
Emirati security forces have been holding Libyan-American citizens Kamal and Mohammed al-Darat in detention for over a year without charge. Authorities detained the al-Darats in August 2014 along with...
View ArticlePrisoner Profile: Online Activist Osama al-Najjar
On 17 March 2014, UAE security forces violently arrested Osama al-Najjar after he tweeted a response to remarks made by the Ruler of Sharjah in a radio interview. During the interview, the ruler stated...
View ArticlePrisoner Profile: The Suwaidi Sisters
After posting a tweet that said “I miss my brother,” UAE security forces summoned Asma Khalifa al-Suwaidi and her two sisters to a police station on 15 February 2015. They were not seen or heard from...
View ArticleThe Fox Guards the Henhouse: Electing the UAE to a Second HRC Term
On 28 October 2015, the United Arab Emirates won election to a second term on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). According to Lana Nusseibeh, the Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN, the...
View ArticlePrisoner Profile: Dr. Mohammed al-Roken
Dr. Mohammed al-Roken, a human rights defender and lawyer from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is currently serving a ten-year prison sentence as a result of a mass trial of 94 human rights defenders...
View ArticlePrisoner Profile: Obaid al-Zaabi
Obaid al-Zaabi is a human rights defender from the UAE. On 2 July 2013, UAE security forces arrested al-Zaabi for tweeting critically about the trial of the 94, which included his brother. Authorities...
View Article100 Days Later: Where is Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith?
Dr. Nasser bin Ghaith is a prominent economics professor and human rights defender in the United Arab Emirates. On 18 August 2015, government forces arrested Dr. bin Ghaith without charge and detained...
View ArticlePrisoner Profile: Dr. Ahmed al-Zaabi
On 26 March 2012, Emirati security forces arrested Dr. Ahmed Yousef al-Zaabi, a former judge and law professor in the UAE. Dr. al-Zaabi is also the brother of Obaid al-Zaabi, a human rights defender...
View ArticlePrisoner Profile: Dr. Mohammed al-Mansoori
Dr. Mohammed Ali Saleh al-Mansoori is an Emirati lawyer and former president of the UAE Jurists’ Association. He is also a human rights activist – one who has long faced government harassment for...
View ArticlePrisoner Profile: Salim al-Aradi
Salim al-Aradi is a 46-year-old Libyan-Canadian businessman who runs a home appliance company with his brother in the UAE. On 28 August 2014, Salim was vacationing with his family in Dubai when he...
View ArticlePrisoner Profile: Sultan bin Kayed al-Qasimi
Sultan bin Kayed al-Qasimi is a member of the ruling family of the Ras al-Khaimah emirate and a leader of al-Islah (The Reform), a political association in the UAE. On 20 April 2012, armed men dressed...
View ArticleUAE Charges Tortured US Citizens with Terrorism
20 January 2016 – After holding them for more than 500 days without charge, an Emirati court charged Libyan-American citizens Kamal and Mohammed al-Darat with providing material support to Libyan...
View ArticleUAE’s New Ministry of Happiness: A Distraction from Repression?
On 8 February 2016, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced that it would be forming new ministries of “happiness” and “tolerance.” While the UAE is not the first country to establish such...
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State of Repression: The United Arab Emirates
17 March 2016 – Geneva, Switzerland – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), the European Center for Democracy & Human...
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