“Their freedom is their right” campaign announces Razan Zaitouneh as the prisoner of the month in February
“Their freedom is their right” (“#حريتهم_حقهم”) is a campaign for defending the rights of prisoners of conscience launched by Maharat Foundation and
10/02/2016 Take Action
Special Report: On International Day to End Impunity, GCHR calls for investigations to bring to justice perpetrators of crimes against human rights defenders
Today, 2 November, on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for thorough investigations
2/11/2015 Take Action
Mark Zainab Al-Khawaja’s Birthday with Call to Keep her Free
On 21 October 2015, human rights defender Zainab Al-Khawaja could mark her 32nd birthday by beginning combined prison sentences of over five years if
14/10/2015 Take Action
Release Prisoner of Conscience Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace as Hunger Strike Reaches 160th Day
Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace is a prisoner of conscience and a member of the Bahrain 13, a group of activists arrested by the Bahraini government for their role in peaceful
27/08/2015 Take Action
GCHR IS REQUESTING FUNDS URGENTLY -UK STOP FLOGGING JUSTICE TO THE GULF
PLEASE HELP WITH FUNDS FOR AN IMPORTANT HIGH COURT CASE CHALLENGING UK COMPLICITY BY EXPORTING PRISON SERVICES TO THE GULF. It has come to light that a commercial
4/07/2015 Take Action
Free Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace
Nine Bahraini and international NGOs and the University College Union launched a campaign this week marking the 100th day of detained human rights defender, Dr.
3/07/2015 Take Action
Human rights groups express grave concern as imprisoned Bahraini activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja goes public with hunger strike
After several unsuccessful appeals to prison administration officials for adequate medical assistance, leading Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi
18/03/2015 Take Action
Human Rights Lawyer Mohammed Al-Roken subjected to ill-treatment in prison and placed in a solitary confinement
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reliable reports that the prominent human rights lawyer Mohammed Al-Roken, a prisoner of conscience in the
13/05/2014 Take Action
Human rights defender and editor Raef Badawi sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in addition to 1000 lashes and a fine of one million riyals
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is gravely concerned by the information it has received that human rights defender and editor Raef Badawi has been
8/05/2014 Take Action