Court of Cassation upholds prison sentences against five activists and journalists

  • Iraq
  • 10/05/2021

More than two months after prison sentences of six years each were issued against five journalists and activists on charges of acting against the state and sabotage, the

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GCHR’s 14th periodic report on human rights violations during popular protests

  • Iraq
  • 9/05/2021

This is the 14th periodic report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) on human rights violations in Iraq. The report sheds light on killings, arrests, and

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Official’s Candidacy for Interpol Raises Human Rights Alarms; Emirates Have Notoriously Abusive State Security Apparatus

  • UAE
  • 5/05/2021

(Beirut, May 5, 2021) – The candidacy of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Interior Ministry official for president of Interpol may jeopardize the global police

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A report on the situation of journalists in Yemen on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day

  • Yemen
  • 3/05/2021

Journalists in Yemen suffer a bitter reality and a real tragedy as a direct consequence of the lack of respect for freedom of expression, and fear of the press and

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Actress and model Entisar Al-Hammadi remains detained since February

  • Yemen
  • 2/05/2021

On 20 February 2021, Houthis in civilian clothes arrested actress and model Entisar Al-Hammadi without an arrest warrant at a checkpoint in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen.

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GCHR files complaint with French Prosecutor’s Office against General Al-Asiri for murder of Jamal Khashoggi

  • Saudi Arabia
  • 2/05/2021

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, on behalf of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), French human rights lawyer William Bourdon lodged an official

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Judiciary refuses to replace imprisonment sentences for three activists with fines

  • Jordan
  • 1/05/2021

On 02 April 2020, the Amman Magistrate's Penal Court rejected for the fifth time in a row the request to replace a three-month prison sentence with a fine for three

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Ill-treatment of detained human rights defenders continues in Al-Ha’ir Prison

  • Saudi Arabia
  • 29/04/2021

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is very concerned that human rights defenders are not being provided proper medical treatment in prison for illness including

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Covid-19 spreads in prisons, infecting hundreds of prisoners

  • Kuwait
  • 28/04/2021

Reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirm that the Coronavirus (Covid-19) is spreading through the Kuwaiti prison system among

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