Authorities continue to target human rights lawyer Walid Abu Al-Khair
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned about irregularities in the ongoing trial of human rights lawyer Walid Abu Al-Khair, which continued on 9
26/09/2013 Take Action
National Security Apparatus threatened journalist Mohammed Al-Abbsi and the French Embassy refused to grant him and Sami Ghalib a visa to give a testimony before Swedish Parliament
On 02 September 2013, journalist and human rights defender Mohammed Al-Abbsi published a letter addressed from the head of the National Security Agency to the
20/09/2013 Take Action
Human rights defender and editor Raef Badawi sentenced to 7 years and 3 months in prison plus 600 lashes
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that human rights defender and editor Raef Badawi has been sentenced to 7 years and 3 months
31/07/2013 Take Action
Ongoing targeting of human rights defenders, activists, and their families
Human rights defenders and their families continue to be targeted by authorities in the UAE as many remain in detention, while others sentenced in abstentia facing
11/07/2013 Take Action
Prominent human rights lawyer Dr. Mohammad Al-Roken describes violations committed by authorities against UAE94 in prison
The internationally renowned human rights lawyer, Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken, talked, in a letter sent to his family, about human rights violations committed by the
28/04/2013 Take Action
Saudi Arabia – Human rights defender Dr. Abdulkarim Al-Khodr detained for four months before fourth session of his trial starts
On April 24, 2013, while human rights defender Dr. Abdulkarim Al-Khodr and his lawyer Abdulaziz Al-Shubaily were trying to enter the courtroom of the Criminal Court in
26/04/2013 Take Action
Authorities imprison prominent human rights defenders Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid and Dr Mohammed Al-Qahtani and dissolve the Association for Civil and Political Rights (ACPRA)
On 9 March 2013 the eleventh hearing of the trial of Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid and Dr Mohammed Al Qahtani, the co-founders of the Association for Civil and Political Rights
11/03/2013 Take Action
Human rights defenders face judicial harassment after they become targets of the authorities
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights received information confirming that the Saudi authorities continue to target human rights defenders through imprisonment and judicial
25/02/2013 Take Action
Number of human rights defenders & activists in detention reaches 77 as brutal crackdown continues
The numbers of those detained in the UAE as a result of their human rights activities has reached 77 following the arrests of four Egyptian activists. On 14 December
5/01/2013 Take Action