#CollateralFreedom United Arab Emirates to get access to censored Gulf Centre for Human Rights website
To mark World Day Against Cyber-Censorship (12 March 2015), Reporters Without Borders is launching “Operation Collateral Freedom” to unblock nine censored websites
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Human rights defender Mohammed Al-Bajadi sentenced to 10 years in prison
The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh sentenced human rights defender Mohammed Al-Bajadi to ten years in prison during the sixth session of his trial on 5 March 2015.
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Prominent human rights defender Saed Jadad sentenced to three years in prison
On 8 March 2015, the Court of First Instance in Muscat sentenced prominent human rights defender Saed Jadad to three years in prison on several different charges. The
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Serious concerns about use of new citizenship law to target human rights defenders and activists
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is gravely concerned that the new Omani Citizenship Law, which was enacted on 12 August 2014 under Royal Decree No. 2014/38, can
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Stop the charade and release activists convicted at the mass UAE 94 trial
On the second anniversary of the start of the mass “UAE 94” trial that imprisoned dozens of government critics and reform activists in the United Arab Emirates
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Bahrain13 on hunger strike protesting ill-treatment of minors in prison; Hussain Jawad abused in detention
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is alarmed by recent reports of abuse and torture in detention in Bahrain. The GCHR is concerned for the health of detained human
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Trial continues of prominent human rights defender Saed Jadad
On 22 February 2015, the fourth hearing of the trial of prominent defender of human rights Saed Jadad was held before the Court of First Instance in Muscat, during which
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Torture of head of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights, Naji Fateel, and systematic targeting of its members
Members of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) an organisation that monitors and documents human rights violations, organises training workshops,
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Sisters of imprisoned UAE94 activist subjected to enforced disappearance as State Security Apparatus continues to violate human rights
Update: Asma Khalifa Al-Suwaidi, Maryam Khalifa Al-Suwaidi and Alyaziyah Khalifa Al-Suwaidi have been released on 15 May 2015, after spending three months in
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