Saudi Arabia: three prominent scholars are about to be executed after Ramadan

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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Saudi Arabia: government’s Absher App used to control women’s travels

In Saudi Arabia, citizens can use a mobile app called Absher to access Interior Ministry [...]

Saudi Arabia: two foreign journalists Marwan al-Muraisi and Abdel Rahman Farhaneh have been detained for months

Saudi Arabia has been detaining two journalists, Marwan al-Muraisi and Abdel Rahman Farhaneh, for months. [...]

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Jasim Ahmed Dharab is a 21-year-old Bahraini student. He was part of the informal online [...]

Yemen: EEAS Spokesperson’s statement on the current situation in the war

On 16 May 2019, Maja Kocijančič, Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at the [...]

Saudi Arabia: Mohammed Abdullah Al-Otaibi ill-treated in prison

Human rights defender Mohammed Abdullah Al-Otaibi, who is serving a 14 years prison sentence, is [...]

Saudi Arabia: Vision 2030, an Economic Plan to Whitewash Human Rights Abuses

Saudi Arabia launched the Vision 2030 economic program in 2016 to boost its economy. The [...]

ADHRB: ADHRB representatives raise the issue on Bahrain’s human rights situation in Rome

On Monday, 13 May 2019, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) attended [...]

Bahrain: Ali AlArab and Ahmed AlMalali Facing Death Penalty

UPDATE: United Nations Experts call on Bahrain to halt executions of Ali AlArab and Ahmed [...]

Bahrain: Profiles in Persecution, Ali Mahdi Alaiwi arrested at the age of 17 is still in prison

Ali Mahdi Alaiwi is a Bahraini citizen who was arrested at the age of seventeen. [...]

Bahrain: France’s $2 billion investment in Bahrain must not prevent the French government from speaking out for an inclusive political dialogue in Bahrain

On 1 May 2019, French President Macron received King Hamad of Bahrain at the Palace [...]

The USCIRF categorises Bahrain as “Tier 2” country in its 2019 Annual Report

On 29 April 2019, the United State Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released its [...]

Saudi Arabia: Statement of Antonio Panzeri regarding the recent mass executions

In reaction of the mass executions carried out in Saudi Arabia on 23 April 2019, [...]

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