“My sister refused to give up on making life better for women in Saudi Arabia” – Linda AlHathloul

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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Bahrain: MEPs Send Letters raising concerns over the cases of Mohammed Ramadhan and Hussain Moosa

On 6 March 2020, two Joint Letters on Death Sentence of Mohamed Ramadhan and Hussain [...]

Bahrain: Updates on European Parliamentary Questions

Since the beginning of the 9th European Parliament legislature, there have been four parliamentary questions [...]

European Parliament event “Culture of Impunity in Bahrain: what is the role of the EU?”

On February 20, 2020 Marc Tarabella MEP – member of S&D and Vice Chair of [...]

The Belgian Senate adopted a Resolution on Human Rights Violations in Bahrain

On the 14th of February, the Belgian Senate adopted resolution 7-142/2, tabled by Senator Orry [...]

Parliamentary question on human rights in Bahrain during a belgian parliament’s foreign affairs committee session

On the 21st of January 2020, Mr Cogolati – a member of the Belgian House [...]

Saudi Arabia: 184 executed in 2019, 35 more than 2018

Saudi Arabia executed 184 people last year, Reprieve announced, among which 88 Saudis, 90 foreigners, [...]

2020 Advocacy Internship

The European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR) is seeking creative, organized, passionate, and [...]

Saudi Arabia: The Dakar Rally does not cancel human rights abuses

“Dream. Dare. Live it.”, says the Dakar Rally manifest. The race, started on January 5th, [...]

Bahrain: Update on Alternative Sentencing

Introduced in Bahrain in 2017, the Alternative Penalties and Procedures Law has seen a heightened [...]

Saudi Arabia: Desegregating restaurants’ entrances for women

On 8 December, authorities in Saudi Arabia recognised that restaurants should not keep segregated entrances [...]

Bahrain: MEP Phil Bennion (Renew Europe) Issues Written Question on Case of Hajer Mansoor

On November 12, 2019 (updated 27 November 2019) MEP Phil Bennion, from the Renew Europe [...]

UN human rights experts address 10 cases of denial of medical care

On 18 September 2019 the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD); the Special Rapporteur [...]

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