On International Human Rights Day, GCHR calls for freedom of expression and assembly to be respected not restricted

  • MENA
  • 10/12/2019

As we mark International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2019, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) renews call to honour the work of human rights defenders who risk

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Razan Zaitouneh and her colleagues still forcibly disappeared after six years

  • Syria
  • 9/12/2019

Today, 09 December 2019, marks the occasion of the disappearance of Syrian woman human rights defender Razan Zaitouneh with her

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Al-Sharea newspaper confiscated in Taiz after distributors arrested

  • Yemen
  • 7/12/2019

The suffering of journalists and media institutions continues in Yemen where it is very difficult to work when the war is still raging. In the latest attack on media

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During its meeting in Berlin, tasks were distributed among the founding members of the MENA Network for Countering Hate Speech

  • MENA
  • 6/12/2019

(Berlin)- On 26th November 2019, on the sidelines of the 14th Internet Governance Forum held in Berlin from 25 to 29 of the same month, the founding body of the MENA

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In an age of cosmetic reform, a new wave of arrests of journalists

  • Saudi Arabia
  • 4/12/2019

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is alarmed at reports of the arrest of ten Saudi activists in the span of only six days. Between 16 and 21 November 2019,

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Authorities must immediately end the use of lethal force against protesters and stop targeting activists, journalists and the media

  • Iraq
  • 3/12/2019

We, the undersigned human rights organisations, call on the Iraqi government to immediately cease the use of lethal and excessive force against protesters. As peaceful

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Around 4000 people arrested and over 140 killed as protests continue amidst Internet shutdown

  • Iran
  • 25/11/2019

Iran has cracked down viciously against widescale protests that began after a 50% fuel hike on 15 November 2019, with news reports putting the death toll over 140 and

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At FIDH 40th Congress, participants call for release of human rights defenders in the Middle East and North Africa

  • MENA
  • 19/11/2019

We, human rights defenders from the Middle East and North Africa region, supported by our colleagues from all the regions across the globe who attended the 40th Congress

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Writer and civil activist Musallam Al-Ma’ashani must be freed

  • Oman
  • 18/11/2019

According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Oman Association for Human Rights (OAHR), writer and civil activist Musallam

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