Writer and online activist Saed Al-Darodi held incommunicado
On 10 October 2014, writer and online activist Saed Al-Darodi was summoned to appear before the Special Division of the Omani Police in Salalah. Report received by the
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Human rights defender Sulaiman Bin Jasim sentenced to one month in prison
The Court of Misdemeanours in Kuwait on 19 October 2014 sentenced human rights defender Suleiman Bin Jassim to one month imprisonment. According to reports received by
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Human rights defender Sulaiman Bin Jasim faces threat of imprisonment following assault against him and unfair trial
On 19 October 2014 the Court of Misdemeanours in Kuwait is expected to deliver its verdict in the case of human rights defender Sulaiman Bin Jasim. He is a human rights
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Trial of human rights defender Osama Al-Najjar continues
On 14 October 2014, the second hearing of the trial of human rights defender and on-line activist Osama Al-Najjar took place at the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi,
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Zainab Al-Khawaja arrested
Zainab Al-Khawaja was arrested today, 14 October 2014, during a court hearing where she was scheduled to face charges related to tearing a photograph of the King.
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Zainab Al-Khawaja Continues to Face Judicial Harassment
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) express their strong concern for the continued judicial harassment against
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Free Nabeel Rajab Immediately and Unconditionally
The undersigned more than 100 organisations call for the immediate, unconditional release of detained human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, arrested on 1 October 2014 in
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Human Rights Defender Bahareh Hedayat Must be Released
The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of student activist and women’s rights defender Bahareh Hedayat, detained in
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Free Human Rights Lawyer Release Khalil Ma’touq Immediately, Unconditionally
(Geneva October 2, 2014) – The Syrian government should immediately and unconditionally free the prominent human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq and his colleague
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