Spotlight on Bahrain’s Human Rights Record: Bahrain Undergoes 3rd Cycle UPR Review – Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain

Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council conducted Bahrain’s 3rd Cycle Universal Period Review, in which states issued recommendations to the Government of Bahrain to improve its human rights record. Dozens of states gave recommendations that encompassed thematic issue areas ranging from improving religious freedom to halting executions, from strengthening women’s …

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Kuwait opposition clinch strong showing in first election after years of boycott

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The Legacy of Muhammad Sorour, Key Figure in Rise of Sunni Extremism – Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington

See his website.
His wikipedia entry is here.

Arab Gulf States: Attempts to Silence 140 Characters

Stealth Sectarianism

Incidents of Anti-Shiism in August, 2016 – Shia Rights Watch

The Political Economy of Sectarianism in the Gulf

‘…Gulf governments can frighten their populations into accepting the political status quo.’

Shia Rights Watch Updates

See SRW updates to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor International Religious Freedom 2015 Report, which the Bureau released on 10.8.16

ADHRB Weekly: Independent and Impartial Investigation Needed into the Death and Alleged Torture of Detainee

Shia Rights Watch Bi-Annual Report – Shia Rights Watch