Category Archives: Countries

Red Flag for Formula One

By ECDHR staff Formula One (F1) has consistently been hesitant to comment on human rights [...]

The GCC sportswashing: F1 Grand Prix continues despite human rights violations

Photo credit: The Independent 14th March, 2022   F1 Grand Prix history with the GCC [...]

International Women’s Day: Feminism and Sorority in the Gulf

By ECDHR staff On March 8th, 2022, International Women’s Day, ECDHR hosted a webinar with [...]

PRESS RELEASE : Joint letter urging RoyalJet to clarify its role in Bahraini dissident’s extradition

Along with 10 other NGOs, the ECDHR signed a joint letter to RoyalJet’s CEO Rob [...]

PRESS RELEASE : MEPs sign a letter expressing their grave concern over serious human rights violations in Bahrain

20 December 2021 – 12 Members of the European Parliament signed a Joint Letter to [...]

PRESS RELEASE: Virtual panel: Slowly Dying in Bahraini prisons: a call for urgent action

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

Civil Society Groups Seek Urgent UN Action on Yemen

More Than 60 Groups Urge General Assembly to Establish New Investigative Mechanism December 3, 2021 – The [...]

MEPs sign letter expressing concerns over UAE candidate for INTERPOL head

19 November 2021 –  A group of 45 MEPs signed a joint letter to High [...]

PRESS RELEASE: Virtual panel: Citizenship Revocation in Bahrain

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

Academic whitewashing: How Bahrain uses academic partnerships to hide its gross human rights abuses

There are numerous definitions of the concept of whitewashing with the most common one being [...]