Authorities continue to use the politicized judiciary to target human rights defenders and activists
Beirut, 09 August 2012- Further to our two appeals, dated 29 June 2012, and 18 July 2012, regarding the trial of human rights defenders in Oman, the Gulf Centre
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Number of those detained by security force reaches 51 as crackdown continues
Beirut, 02 August 2012- Human rights defenders and activists continue to be targeted by state security forces (Amn al-Dawla) in the UAE. Following a series of
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Human rights defenders arrested in crackdown by security forces
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that a major crackdown against human rights activists is taking place at the hands of the security
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Human rights defenders targeted as crackdown continues
Beirut, 12 June, 2012 -- The crackdown against human rights defenders in Oman is continuing. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that
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Syrian Human Rights Defenders Subjected to Enforced Disappearance
Beirut, 09 June 2012 -- Despite it being outside its mandate, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has decided to adopt cases of human rights defenders in Syria as
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Three human rights defenders arrested and held in incommunicado detention
Beirut, 5 June, 2012 -- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that on the evening of 31 May 2012, human rights defenders
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Human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja ends hunger strike, Nabeel Rajab is released on bail and Zainab Al-Khawaja is freed
Beirut, 29 May 2012 -- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) welcome the news that internationally renowned human
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Arrest and detention of human rights defender Ahmed Abdulkhaleq Ahmed
Beirut, 23 May, 2012 -- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that human rights defender, Ahmed Abdulkhaleq Ahmed, has been
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Human rights defender Ahmed Al-Tabour Al-Nuaimi arrested and held in an unknown location
On 17 May 2012, human right defender, Ahmed Al-Tabour Al-Nuaimi was arrested in the Emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah and his current whereabouts remain unknown. Ahmed
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