Open appeal to the king of Bahrain and the Bahraini government to release human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja

  • Bahrain
  • 25/02/2012

Beirut, 25  February  2012 -- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights appeals to the King of Bahrain and the Bahraini government to intervene rapidly to release the founder

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Continued Attacks on Freedom of Expression in Yemen

  • Yemen
  • 24/02/2012

Beirut, 24 February, 2012 -- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is deeply concerned by the attack on freedom of expression in Yemen.  It is particularly concerned

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Gulf Centre for Human Rights and 31 Human Rights Organizations call on Syrian authorities to release Mazen Darwish and other detained activists immediately and unconditionally

  • Syria
  • 22/02/2012

The undersigned Organisations call on the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mazen Darwish, a prominent Syrian human rights defender and

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Bahrain: Arrest and detention of two human rights defenders

  • Bahrain
  • 16/02/2012

Beirut, 16 February, 2012 ---  On February 14,  2012, at 16:20 the security forces in Bahrain arrested two human rights defenders, Naji Fateel and Hasan Al-Jaber, as

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Arrest of Human Rights Defender Zainab Al-Khawaja

  • Bahrain
  • 14/02/2012

Beirut, 14 February, 2012 --- A Bahraini Blogger and activist, Zainab Al-Khawaja (@angryarabia)  -28 years old- was arrested on February 12, 2012, while marching

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Arrest and detention of Bedoon human rights defenders

  • Kuwait
  • 13/02/2012

Beirut, 13 February 2012 – The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received confirmed information regarding the arrest and detention of human rights defenders who

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Freedom or Death

  • Bahrain
  • 9/02/2012

Beirut, 09 February 2012 --- Courageous defender of human rights and the main founder of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, announced  from jaw

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The Saudi government continues to target Human Rights Lawyer Waleed Abu Alkhair

  • Saudi Arabia
  • 4/02/2012

Beirut, 4 February,  2012 – Human rights defender and lawyer Waleed Abu Alkhair is facing criminal charges and has been subjected to a media smear campaign as a

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The continued harassment, intimidation, and persecution of the Medics by the government

  • Bahrain
  • 29/01/2012

Beirut, 29 January, 2012 – The Gulf Centre for Human Rights and Bahrain Centre for Human Rights would like to express in the strongest possible terms their profound

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