Reports
- TRIAL OBSERVATION REPORT: Case Number 17/2013 “THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 94” / March 2013
- The GCHR 2013 Annual Report / Attacks on Human Rights Defenders Continue
- European Resolution on the UAE: "Biased and Prejudiced?" / Mission to UAE investigates crackdown on free expression in which 64activists have been detained
- Bahrain: The government continues to attack journalists and target press freedom
- International Mission to Bahrain Report / Justice Denied in Bahrain: Freedom of Expression and Assembly Curtailed
News from International Organizations
- UAE: Cameron Should Press Rulers on Torture
- Report on Bahrain’s Attorney General Dr. Ali bin Fadhel Al - Buainain and his position in the International Association of Prosecutors
- Ceartas submits complaint to Int’l Association of Prosecutors urging expulsion of Bahrain Attorney General
- Arab Working Group for Media Monitoring met the Tunisian Minister of Human Rights
- Bahraini rights defender denied the right to a fair trial
Written by HRDs and Journalists
Gulf Center for Human Rights
For Immediate Release / Syria: Rights Activists Face Terrorism Charges / Free Award-Winning Journalist, Colleagues
(Amsterdam, Beirut, Cairo, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dublin, Geneva, London, New York, Paris, The Hague, Utrecht - May 17, 2013) The international community should urge the Syrian authorities to immediately…
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Urgent Appeal/Bahrain- Prominent Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab Reportedly Missing
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) express grave concern over the news of the removal of Nabeel Rajab from his cell to an unknown location. Nabeel Rajab…
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UAE- Human rights defender Waleed Al-Shehhi arrested as trial of UAE 94 continues
On 11 May 2013, human rights defender and online activist Waleed Al-Shehhi was arrested by the State security apparatus in Ajman. Waleed Al-Shehhi has been active in defending the 94 detained human rights…
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Bahrain - Human rights defender Naji Fateel to be detained for 60 days on anti-state charges after allegedly being tortured
According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), the public prosecutor charged human rights defender Naji Fateel with alleged…
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Saudi Arabia- Human rights defender Fawzan Al-Harbi summoned by police for questioning about his human rights activities
On 6 May 2013, human rights defender, Fawzan Al-Harbi received a call from Al-Rawda police station in relation to a warrant issued by the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution in Riyadh.…
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Yemen - The judicial harassment of human rights defenders and journalists, Mohammed Al-Abbsi and Mohammed Ayish
On 03 April, 2103 a writ was issued by the Press and Publication Prosecutor against human rights defender and journalists, Mohammed Al-Abbsi and Mohammed Ayish, following a complaint…
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