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
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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
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Human rights defender Raef Badawi at risk of execution on charges of apostasy
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that human rights defender Raef Badawi is at risk of execution. Raef Badawi is co-founder and editor of
27/12/2012 Take Action
Free Bassel Khartabil held in arbitrary detention since 15 March 2012
On 15 March 2012, information technology expert Bassel Khartabil was detained in a wave of arrests in the Mazzeh district of Damascus. According to Bassel
22/12/2012 Take Action
Arrest and detention of prominent human rights defender, lawyer and former judge, head of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) Sheikh Suliaman Al-Rashudi
On the morning of Wednesday, 12 December 2012, prominent human rights defender, lawyer and former judge, and head of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights
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Families of detainees demand the immediate release of the 63 human rights defenders and activists- some have had their bank accounts suspended as a result
On 8 November 2012 approximately 100 relatives of 63 detained human rights defenders and activists gathered outside the Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi calling for the
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Judicial harassment of human rights defenders and activists continues
Further to our four previous appeals, dated 29 June 2012, 18 July 2012, 9 August 2012, and 29 August 2012 regarding the trial of human rights defenders in Oman, the
13/09/2012 Take Action