Prominent human rights defender Hanaa Edwar injured in car accident after addressing protest
On 14 June 2019, Hanaa Edwar, a prominent human rights defender who is president of the Iraqi Al-Amal Association, was hit by a car after she addressed a demonstration
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Digital security expert Mohammed Al-Maskati honoured as Access Now Human Rights Hero at RightsCon
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) offers congratulations to Bahraini activist and digital security consultant Mohammed Al-Maskati as one of five recipients of
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Stand up for human rights in Saudi Arabia: States should adopt a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council to address ongoing human rights violations
Download Your Excellency, We remain highly concerned about the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia, in particular the recent mass executions of 37 men on 23
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Dean and two professors of the College of Media at the University of Baghdad threatened after fighting corruption
In the past week in Iraq, the dean of the College of Media at the University of Baghdad, and two members of the faculty who have been fighting corruption, have received
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Ahmed Mansoor – Isolated But Not Alone
By Brian Dooley The thing that the articles, awards and biographical material on the prominent Emirati activist Ahmed Mansoor don't usually tell you is what
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Targeting of human rights defenders and online activists accelerates
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned at ongoing efforts of the Bahraini authorities to persecute human rights defenders and silence online activists
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Human rights defender Reda Al-Shaibani continues to be targeted for exposing corruption
In the early hours of the morning of 24 June 2019, the car of human rights defender Reda Al-Shaibani, which was parked next to the window of his house, was set on fire.
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Unjustly imprisoned Emirati human rights defender’s health at risk
Ahmed Mansoor is in solitary confinement in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), serving a 10-year sentence for the “crime” of speaking out about grave human rights
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Migrant workers have no unions to protect their civil and human rights, leaving them at risk of abuse
According to news reports, 26-year-old Lovely Acosta Baruelo, a Filipina maid who had been working for a wealthy Saudi family in Riyadh for several months, was tied to a
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