Arbitrary arrest and detention of human rights defender Abdulaziz Al-Ghamdi
On 8 April 2014 at approximately 2pm human rights defender Abdulaziz Al-Ghamdi was arrested at his home during a raid by members of the General Intelligence Directorate
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Human rights defender Ali Al-Dailami banned from travelling to a human rights meeting
On 31 March 2014 human rights defender and head of Yemen Organization, Ali Al-Dailami, was prevented from travelling from Sana'a airport. Ali Al-Dailami is the
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Calls for the Release of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
International and Local Civil Society Groups Call for Immediate and Unconditional Release of Bahraini Human Rights Defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on the Third Anniversary
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Syrian authorities must reveal the whereabouts of human rights defender Abdulhadi Sheikh Awad
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) call on the Syrian authorities to disclose the whereabouts of human
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Call for the release of Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli who has started a hunger strike following allegations of torture
Updated: He has been released on 8 April 2014 and the next hearing in his trial will be held on13 May 2014. On 5 April 2014, detained Bedoon rights activist, Abdulhakim
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Torture of Osama Al-Najjar confirmed as ill-treatment of detained UAE94 continues
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information confirming that 25-year old, human rights defender, Osama Al-Najjar has been subjected to torture. The
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Co-director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights detained and denied entry into Jordan
On 30 March 2014, human rights defender and co-director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) Khalid Ibrahim was detained at Amman in Jordan and not
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Qatar Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 19th Session of the UPR Working Group
Urgent concern related to arbitrary restrictions on freedom of expression and of association in Qatar Submission by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation,
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Mazen Darwish, Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Ghareer presented with terrorism charges over two years after their arrest
On 24 March 2014, Director of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), Mazen Darwish and his SCM colleagues, Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein
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