Free prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the immediate release of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, as we believe that her arrest and
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End threats directed against journalist Ahmad Al-Shaibani
On July 20, 2018, at 11:12 am, journalist and human rights defender Ahmed Al-Shaibani received a death threat by text message from an unknown number. Around the same
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Arrest of women human rights defenders Samar Badawi and Nassima Al-Sadah
Reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirm that on 30 July 2018 security forces arrested two women human rights defenders, Samar Badawi and
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Arbitrary dismissal of journalist for expressing his opinion on social media
PEN International and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GC4HR) condemn the dismissal of journalist Ahmad Abdulhusain from his work at the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) which
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Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) v Prime Minister and anr. / The GCHR seeks to shore up UK Ministers’ obligations to comply with International Law.
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), represented by Deighton Pierce Glynn Solicitors and 11 Kings Bench Walk, appeared in the High Court in London on 26 July 2018 to
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Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review – 32nd Session of the UPR Working Group
Introduction 1.1 CIVICUS is a global alliance of civil society organisations (CSOs) and activists dedicated to
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Protect the right to peaceful demonstration, release all detained demonstrators and reopen access to the Internet / Assassination of human rights lawyer Jabbar Mohammed Al-Karm in Basra
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reliable reports confirming that Iraqi authorities have used disproportionate force against peaceful demonstrators
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In advance of Yemen’s Universal Periodic Review at the UN in 2019, GCHR joins partners in joint submissions about violations affecting human rights defenders
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) joined partners in two joint submissions on Yemen’s human rights record in advance of its next Universal Periodic Review
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Internet shut down in central and southern rights including the capital Baghdad
Reliable reports confirmed that the Iraqi government decided on 14 July 2018 to shut down the Internet across the country’s central and southern regions, including
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