Writer and journalist Almoatasem Al-Bahlani detained by Internal Security Service
Update: Oman: On 28 July 2016, writer and journalist Almoatasem Al-Bahlani has been released from detention. 2016-07-28 Writer and journalist Almoatasem Al-Bahlani has
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Parliament threatens head of Iraqi Journalists’ Rights Defense Association Ibrahim Al-Saragey
Journalist and head of the Iraqi Journalists' Rights' Defense Association (IJRDA) Ibrahim Al-Saragey was threatened after he described in a press statement, on 25 July
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Report on Torture in Kuwait (July 2016)
Download Introduction In this report, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) aims to present some of the issues and cases of human rights defenders as they
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Special report on torture in Kuwait presented to UN Committee against Torture
In a Special Report on “Torture in Kuwait”, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) aims to present some of the issues and cases of human rights defenders as
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Office of Violations Documentation Center (VDC) in Damascus Al-Ghouta attacked
The Violations Documentation Centre in Syria (VDC) reported that a Syrian government jet fighter attacked the office of VDC in Douma city which is located in Al-Ghouta,
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Narges Mohammadi on hunger strike and needs to be allowed to get in touch with her family
Update: Narges Mohammadi has been given the right to speak to her children as of 16 July so she has reportedly stopped her hunger strike. 2016-07-12 Detained Iranian
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Reprisals continue against human rights defenders, especially those engaging in international advocacy
Reprisals against human rights defenders continue unabated in Bahrain, which includes travel bans on independent human rights defenders and journalists, among members of
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Human rights violators should not be allowed to remain on the UN Human Rights Council
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) call upon the United Nations General Assembly to suspend the
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NGOs call for women’s rights defender Ghada Jamsheer to remain free and an end to judicial harassment of women human rights defenders
After a prominent women’s rights defender was sentenced to a further year in prison, we the undersigned international human rights and feminist organisations call
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