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UAE

Join the call to free #FreeAhmed as unfair trial continues of Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor

Prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor has been brought to trial in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after more than a year in detention without charge.

4/05/2018 Take Action
Iran

Woman human rights defender Atena Daemi beaten and transferred to Gharchak Prison

Woman human rights defender Atena Daemi was beaten by agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tehran’s Evin Prison and then transferred

20/04/2018 Take Action
UAE

Ahmed Mansoor taken to court after a year in arbitrary detention; while Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith denied visits

Prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor has been brought to trial in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after more than a year in detention without charge.

12/04/2018 Take Action
Bahrain

NGOs call for release of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on 7th anniversary of his arrest

Seven years ago this month, renowned human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja was dragged from his home in Bahrain, tortured, tried in a military court, and

5/04/2018 Take Action
UAE

One year on, award-winning human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor’s whereabouts remain unknown

The authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) should reveal the whereabouts of prominent human rights defender and citizen-journalist Ahmed Mansoor and

20/03/2018 Take Action
MENA

GCHR takes UK government to court to defend international human rights standards.

GCHR says UK government should hold firm on its commitment to comply with International Law. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has been granted leave to appeal

6/03/2018 Take Action
UAE

Authorities must release human rights defender Osama-Al-Najjar who remains in arbitrary detention despite serving his sentence

Human rights defender and on-line activist Osama Al-Najjar remains in prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), even though he was scheduled for release

11/05/2017 Take Action
Bahrain

Help Free GCHR Founding Directors Nabeel Rajab and Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja as their health suffers behind bars

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is seriously concerned for the health of its two Founding Directors Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Nabeel Rajab, who

13/04/2017 Take Action
UAE

Call for the immediate release of human rights defender Osama-Al-Najjar as his sentence expires

Human rights defender and on-line activist Osama Al-Najjar was scheduled for release on 17 March 2017, having served a full three-year prison sentence as

19/03/2017 Take Action