NGOs call for an end to reprisals against human rights defenders as Nabeel Rajab arrested and Bahraini rights defenders banned from travel to Geneva
As the 32nd Session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) opened in Geneva on 13 June, Nabeel Rajab, Bahrain's most high profile human rights defender, was
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Appeals Court upholds three-year sentence for online activist Hassan Al-Basham
On 13 June 2016, the Court of Appeal in Sohar upheld the three-year prison sentence against online activist Hassan Al-Basham, which is related to his human rights
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Imprisoned human rights lawyer Walid Abu Al-Khair ends hunger strike
On 12 June 2016, prominent human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair ended his hunger strike in prison after five days. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes
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In order to establish an independent mechanism to protect freedom of opinion and expression and the media in the Arab region
The Arab Group of IFEX, the international network for the defense of freedom of expression, established a working group in Tunis on the 1st and 2nd of June, 2016 to
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Human rights defender Nabeel Rajab arrested, NGOs demand immediate release
Bahrain security forces arrested leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Founding Director of the Gulf
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Zainab Al-Khawaja forced to leave her country or risk indefinite detention
On 06 June 2016, human rights defender Zainab Al-Khawaja and her two children, Jude and Abdulhadi Jr, arrived in Denmark, where she is a dual citizen, after she was
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Imprisoned human rights lawyer Walid Abu Al-Khair starts hunger strike
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) reports that prominent Saudi human rights lawyer Walid Abu Al-Khair has begun a hunger strike to protest ill-treatment by the
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Human rights defender Abdulaziz Al-Shubaili sentenced to 8 years in prison
On 29 May 2016, human rights defender Abdulaziz Al-Shubaili was sentenced to eight years in prison for his peaceful and legitimate human rights work in Saudi Arabia. In
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Iraqi Kurdistan: Women Human Rights Defenders Challenging a Continuum of Violence
Download Introduction Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in Iraqi Kurdistan face the same types of risks as any other human rights defender worldwide, but as
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