UNHRCs side event calls for international action to protect rights defenders and solve human rights crisis
At an online side event held during the 44th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, all participants welcomed the release on 09 June 2020
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Sixth periodic report on violations during popular demonstrations
Introduction Larger demonstrations have been renewed throughout Iraq, demanding the civil and human rights of citizens, and during the past month, sit-in squares in
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Joint Submission on the United Arab Emirates to the 71st Session of the UN Committee Against Torture
Download This submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is made in advance of the review in April 2021 at
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UAE must be held accountable for torture and ill-treatment of human rights defenders and activists
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) must be held accountable for the torture and ill-treatment of human rights defenders and activists in prisons and secret detention
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Shocking charges against jailed women’s rights activists, who must be released amid second COVID-19 peak
Update: Iran: WHRD Narges Mohammadi, 48, was released from prison at 3am on 08 October 2020 after a 10-year sentence was commuted due to health concerns. She was in
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Migrant workers face racism, hate and lack of health care across the Gulf and neighbouring countries
This post was written by Khalid Ibrahim, executive director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), an independent, nonprofit organization that
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Freedom of expression continues to be targeted
Update: Oman: In a hearing on 16 June 2020, the Ibri Court of First Instance issued a verdict in which it convicted Internet activist Awad Al-Sawafi, sentencing him to
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Nabeel Rajab freed from prison to serve rest of sentence at home
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the news that prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, has been freed from prison in Bahrain. Rajab has been in
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Family of Egyptian human rights defender Mostafa Fouad harassed and threatened with reprisals
The members of the MENA Network for Countering Hate Speech express their serious concern over an ongoing campaign of reprisals and harassments against the family of its
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