Police and judiciary fail to protect women
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is seriously concerned over reports that an intelligence employee stalked and murdered a woman in Kuwait with impunity. GCHR also
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Omani citizen released after unjust trial and sentencing in UAE
On 17 April 2021, Omani citizen Abdullah Al-Shamsi was released from prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and handed over to his family. Al-Shamsi was sentenced to
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Journalist Hassan Al-Banna Mubarak missing after deportation by Jordanian authorities back to Egypt
Update: Jordan: Egyptian journalist Hassan Al-Banna Mubarak was released after 30 hours of detention by the National Security Bureau (Mabahith) at Cairo airport
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All prisoners of conscience must be freed, as Covid-19 spreads in prisons
While welcoming the release of some prisoners of conscience in Bahrain as Ramadan begins, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the authorities to release all
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Royal Guard disperses peaceful gathering of protesting workers in front of Royal Palace
On 11 April 2021, more than 400 workers, who were temporarily dismissed in March 2020 by BGP Oil and Gas Services, began a peaceful gathering in the green area in front
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Human rights defender Mohammad Abdullah Al-Otaibi sentenced to additional three years in prison
In March 2021, a Saudi appeals court increased the sentence handed down to imprisoned human rights defender Mohammad Abdullah Al-Otaibi in December 2020 by three years.
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Prisoners of conscience not freed after sentences expire; journalist dies; member of ruling family at risk
Update: UAE: GCHR welcomes the release of four prisoners in the UAE on 12 April 2021, but notes that they were freed well past their release dates. They
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State Security Bureau imposes arbitrary travel bans on five citizens
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is deeply concerned that the State Security Bureau in Qatar has imposed arbitrary administrative orders that include travel bans
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Prominent human rights defender Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani has contracted Covid-19 in prison
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is alarmed at reports that indicated Covid-19 is spreading in Saudi prisons, and that prominent human rights defender
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