DETAINEES IN SYRIA / A letter that has been sent to members of the UN Security Council
Update: The Anti-terrorism Court in Damascus, headed by Judge Reda Musa, has ruled on 31 August 2015, to include case number 39/2015 of the Syrian Centre for Media and
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Rising concerns for cartoonist Atena Farghadani, detained for exercising her right to free expression
Update: Atena Farghadani has recently developed signs of lymphatic disease in Evin prison. Her case has been referred to Branch 54 of the Appeals Court where she will
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Internal Security Service arrest human rights defender and release four others
Update: On 21 September 2015 Khalid Al-Nawfali has been released from prison. On 24 August 2015, the Internal Security Service (ISS) in Oman released three human rights
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Human rights defender and former member of the “UAE5” Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith arrested
On 18 August 2015, human rights defender Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith was arrested by the State Security Authority in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He was arrested at 2pm at
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Human rights defender arrested and Bahrain’s only Independent newspaper Al-Wasat suspended by authorities
Update: Dr. Maitham Al-Salman was released on 08 August 2015 after he was interrogated at the Cyber Crimes Unit of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) in
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Syrian authorities must drop charges against three human rights defenders and release all prisoners of conscience
Sixteen international organisations have joined the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) in welcoming the release of its president Mazen Darwish and
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Human Rights Activist Yara Badr honoured for her work
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) congratulates Yara Bader, journalist, human rights defender and wife of recently released Mazen Darwish, who was awarded the
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GCHR welcomes release of human rights defender Mazen Darwish
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the news that, after almost three and a half years in Syrian prisons, journalist and human rights defender Mazen Darwish
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Internal Security Service continues targeting human rights defenders and Internet activists
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reliable reports that the Omani Internal Security Service has recently ratified a plan to systematically target
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