Gulf Centre for Human Rights launches report on “Patterns of Torture in Iraq”
On 05-October-2022, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) launched a report entitled “Patterns of Torture in Iraq” which focuses on the main
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As Universal Periodic Review and elections approach, NGOs call for prisoners of conscience to be released
At an event on 28 September 2022 during the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 51st session, human rights NGOs called for UN member states to help secure
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Bahrain: Joint Submission to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review 41st Session of the UPR Working Group
1. Introduction 1.1.This submission to Bahrain’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is made by Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB),
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Human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor remains held in solitary confinement five and half years on
Amnesty International, and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) urgently appeal to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to grant access to independent international experts
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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman turns Saudi Arabia into a police state par excellence
Since Mohammed bin Salman was appointed Crown Prince in June 2017, Saudi Arabia has steadily transformed into a repressive police state par excellence. A new era of
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Online activist released but two colleagues kept in arbitrary detention
Local reports confirmed that the authorities have released an Internet activist but kept his two colleagues in arbitrary detention. On 22 September 2022, the State
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The death of Mahsa Amini must be investigated
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for a thorough, independent, impartial, and transparent investigation into the death of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini, also
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Prominent human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and other prisoners of conscience face reprisals
Reliable local reports confirmed that the Jaw Prison administration is currently targeting prominent human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and other prisoners of
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Four Bedoon human rights defenders must be released
Update: Kuwait: On 15 September 2022, a judge in the Magistrate's Court decided to release human rights defenders Mohammed Barghash Odeh, Fadel Farhan Saket, Basil
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