BCHR and GCHR Welcome Back Prominent Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab

  • Bahrain
  • 23/05/2014

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcome back prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, the President of the

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Human rights defender Ali Hussain Aboud arrested and held incommunicado

  • Iraq
  • 15/05/2014

Update: He has been released on 22 July 2014 without charge. On 07 May 2014, human rights defender Ali Hussain Aboud, was arrested by judicial police in the city of

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Groups Call for ICC Referral / Statement by Civil Society Organizations on Need for Justice

  • Syria
  • 15/05/2014

(New York) – Over one hundred civil society groups from around the world issued the following statement today to urge the United Nations Security Council to

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Call for the immediate release of disappeared human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq

  • Syria
  • 5/05/2014

Over one and a half years after the disappearance of renowned Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq, the undersigned organizations are reiterating their call on

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On World Press Freedom Day, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights calls for the protection of the rights to freedom of speech and expression

  • Syria
  • 3/05/2014

While this day, 3 May, World Press Freedom Day should be one of celebration of the Press and freedom of speech, the GCHR is reminded of the severe curtailment on the

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Torture and incommunicado detention of human rights defenders Waleed Abu Al-Kahir and Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Hamed

  • Saudi Arabia
  • 25/04/2014

Prominent human rights defenders Waleed Abu Al-Khair and Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Hamed are being held in incommunicado detention, and concern is expressed for their health,

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DIGNITY HAS NO PRICE IN KUWAIT

  • Kuwait
  • 23/04/2014

Download INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY  Kuwait’s reputation is as one of the most democratic states in the Gulf, the state with an elected parliament and the

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Human rights defender Fadhel Al-Manasef sentenced to 15 years in prison, 15- year travel ban and fine

  • Saudi Arabia
  • 19/04/2014

On 17 April 2014, the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh sentenced human rights defender and blogger, Fadhel Al-Manasef, to 15 years in jail. The charges against him

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Human right lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair missing, presumed arrested

  • Saudi Arabia
  • 16/04/2014

On 15 April 2014, Waleed Au Al-Khair attended the fifth session of the trial of the Special Criminal Court in Riyadh.  Since then, there has been no news available

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