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The European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR) is a non-profit organisation based in Brussels (BE) and registered in Dublin (IR). It was created in January 2015.

The European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights is the European representation of a coalition of other like-minded NGOs – which includes the Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain – ADHRB (Washington DC, USA), the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights – BCHR (Copenhagen, DK), the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy – BIRD (London, UK) – seeking to promote human rights and democracy in the Gulf region with a particular focus on Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

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European Parliament Resolution on the EU Human Rights Sanctions

On Thursday 8th July 2021, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the EU Global Human Rights [...]

European Parliament resolution on Saudi Arabia highlights women’s rights

In a new resolution on Saudi Arabia adopted by the European Parliament, MEPs highlighted not [...]

Death penalty in Saudi Arabia condemned by European Parliament in resolution

On Thursday 8 July 2021, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the death penalty [...]

The Death of Husain Barakat – a Question for Belgian’s Minister of Foreign Affairs

On June 17, 2021, Hugues Bayet, a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, tabled [...]

PRESS RELEASE: Virtual panel event on Tools of Repression in the UAE

If you would like to watch the full event, you can do so here. 1 [...]

Impunity in Bahrain: a call for action to deliver justice for victims of torture

To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, ECDHR takes a look [...]

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: Kuwait

The 26th of June will be an important date for the international community, as it [...]

Joint statement: A coalition of rights groups mourns the death of devoted Emirati human rights activist Alaa al-Siddiq 

With a profound sense of loss and deep sadness, we mourn the passing of the [...]

Women’s Rights and Torture in Saudi Arabia

To mark the International Day of Victims of Torture, ECDHR presents an article that examines [...]

Failure of the United Arab Emirates to comply with anti-torture policies

To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, ECDHR takes a look [...]

PRESS RELEASE End Impunity in Bahrain: EU Human Rights Sanctions Project Launched

If you would like to watch the full event, you can do so here. 14 [...]

EU Magnitsky Sanctions

EVENT: if you would like to hear more about our project as well as EU [...]

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