Nawaf Al-Hendal arrested after speaking at 28th session of UN Human Rights Council
On 23 March, 2015, human rights defender Nawaf Al-Hendal was arrested while he was carrying out his work observing violations during a peaceful gathering in Al-Erada
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Date set for verdict in case of SCM members
On 25 March 2015 a verdict is set to be delivered in the case of Mazen Darwish, Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Gharir members of the Syrian Centre for Media
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Human rights defenders Husain Abdulla and Abdulnabi Al-Ekri threatened at the Human Rights Council
On 15 March 2015 during a side event that was organised by Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), human rights defenders Husain Abdulla,
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Journalist and activist Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani murdered
Journalist and activist Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani was murdered today, 18 March 2015, in Sanaa, Yemen reports the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR). Freedom Foundation
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Sweden cancels arms deal with Saudi Arabia
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the decision by Sweden to cancel its arms deal with Saudi Arabia and encourages all other States to follow suit and
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Oman/UAE-Freedom of expression continues to be targeted as Omani blogger Muawiya Al Rawahi held in incommunicado detention at UAE border and human rights defender Abdullah Ghailani subject to harassment
Freedom of expression continues to be under serious threat in the UAE. In the latest of a series of violations of this most basic right prominent Omani blogger
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Attacks Against Human Rights Defenders in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Iraq
Geneva, 13 March 2015- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) held a well-attended meeting entitled, Systematic Repression: Attacks Against Human Rights
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Torture and Abuse in Prisons in the United Arab Emirates
Download This report details the torture and abuse of prisoners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), focusing on prisoners from a group of 94 human rights defenders
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GCHR report documents failure to investigate abuse and torture in Emirati prisons
12 March 2015 – A government inquiry into the torture and abuse of political prisoners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is long overdue, says a new report
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