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The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is an independent, non-profit NGO that provides support and protection to human rights defenders (HRDs) in order to promote human rights, including but not limited to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly.
By donating to GCHR, you are helping us protect and support Human Rights Defenders across the MENA Region.
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Protection
To provide protection for human rights defenders, including journalists and Internet activists, and enhance their effectiveness online and offline.
Awareness
To raise awareness locally, regionally and internationally about issues pertaining to HRDs at risk.
Advocacy
To enable a safer environment for human rights defenders at risk, through advocacy at regional fora and via international mechanisms.
Networking
To facilitate networking and exchanges between human rights defenders, partner organisations and social movements.
Facilitators of vibrant civic spaces in the Gulf region
Founded in 2011 by human rights defenders in the MENA Region, GCHR is based in Lebanon and documents the environment for human rights defenders in the Gulf region and neighbouring countries.
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UK Prime Minister should urge Egypt’s President to free Alaa Abd El-Fattah, whose mother Laila Soueif’s life is at risk
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) joins the serious repeated appeals urging the United Kingdom’s leaders to immediately call Egypt’s President and ask him to
26/02/2025 Learn More
Take Action! Watch the third Alternative Human Rights Expo
Update: Watch the event on GCHR's YouTube here. On Wednesday, 27 November 2024, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), with the support of over two dozen partners,
22/11/2024 Take Action
Free Syrian human rights defender Abdulrahman Al-Nahhas, wrongfully imprisoned in Abu Dhabi
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received disturbing reports that Syrian human rights defender Abdulrahman Al-Nahhas, who is imprisoned in the United Arab
24/01/2024 Take Action
Free Salma Al-Shehab now
On the 3rd anniversary of her arrest, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) once again calls on the international community to put real pressure on the government of
15/01/2024 Take ActionRecent News & Publications
Periodic Report on Serious Human Rights Violations
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented numerous human rights violations in Yemen over the past two and a half months, perpetrated by various parties to
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Free Internet activist Umm Nasser
The Doha Criminal Court of Appeal will hold a hearing this week to review the initial verdict against internet activist Umm Nasser. Reliable reports received by the
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