Activists Not Released Despite Amnesty
Free Peaceful Advocates, Workers Arbitrarily Detained (New York, July 18, 2014) – Scores of civil society activists, human rights defenders, media and humanitarian
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29 human rights groups including the GCHR call for a shift in U.K. policy towards the situation in Bahrain
The Rt Honourable Philip Hammond MP Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Foreign and Commonwealth Office King Charles Street London SW1A
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Kidnapping of human rights defender Noah Al-Saadi
On the morning of 13 July 2014, human rights defender, Noah Saadi, received a call from the security forces in which he was summoned to appear before the Special
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These 7 Cases Prove That Online Activism is Under Siege in Saudi Arabia
In Saudi Arabia, the crackdown against online activists has risen to extremely worrying levels in recent months. Human rights defenders face threats and harassment,
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Human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli on hunger strike after his detention was extended for a period of ten days
According to reliable reports on 10 July 2014, human rights defender, Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli, started a hunger strike in protest against the ill-treatment and beating he
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Arbitrary arrest and detention of human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli
On 07 July 2014, at 9pm, police in Kuwait arbitrary arrested and detained human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli. Reports confirmed that he was verbally abused prior
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Human rights defenders treated as terrorists as judicial harassment against them continues
On 6 July 2014, the Specialised Criminal Court in Jeddah sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair to 15 years in prison, with five years suspended,
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Four human rights observers targeted during a peaceful demonstration
Update: He has been released on 04 July 2014. On July 3, 2014, at 11pm, human rights defender and member of the Kuwaiti Observatory for Human Rights, Mohammed Sahod
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Arrest of human rights defender Dr. Saeed Al-Samahiji
In the early hours of 1 July 2014, Dr. Saeed Al-Samahiji was arrested from his home to serve a one-year prison sentence for “insulting the King.” The alleged
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