Radio station attacked, killing four people; and Mwatana researcher released
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses great sorrow at the loss of life following an attack on a radio station in Yemen during the battle for control of
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Woman human rights defender Dr. Su’ad Al-Ali assassinated in Basra
According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), on 25 September 2018, human rights defender Dr. Su’ad Al-Ali, the head of Al-Weed
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Authorities must release Yemeni Writer Marwan Al-Muraisy
ALQST for Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, English PEN, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), Index on Censorship, PEN International, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
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Human rights lawyer Yasser Al-Saleem arrested
In the early hours of the morning on 22 September 2018, an armed group stormed the home of human rights lawyer Yasser Al-Saleem in Kafr Nabl, located in Idlib governate
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No information about civil society activist and independent journalist Marwan Al-Hamid more than two weeks after his arrest
Although more than two weeks have passed since the arrest of civil society activist and independent journalist Marwan Al-Hamid, there is no accurate information about
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Continuing arrests of Basra protesters and four more demonstrators reported killed
24-09-2018 Update: Reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that on 18 September 2018, 13 detained protesters were released including
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Human rights defender Reza Khandan arrested and Nasrin Sotoudeh remains on hunger strike
According to reports received from Iran by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), human rights defender Reza Khandan, husband of detained prominent human rights lawyer
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Time is Running Out: Civic Space Closing Rapidly in the Middle East
I. Introduction The emerging constraint on activism and advocacy for human rights in countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is the closure
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Time’s running out for civil society in the Middle East, says GCHR report on closure of civic space
A report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) prepared for the UN Human Rights Council’s 39th session says, “The emerging constraint on activism and
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