Photographer Sayed Baqer Al-Kamel and online blogger Sayed Ali Al-Durazi sentenced to prison, while Nabeel Rajab awaits appeal verdict
In May, journalists, media workers and human rights defenders continued to suffer in Bahrain, and human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, founding director of the Gulf
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GCHR calls for net neutrality and for an end to surveillance of human rights defenders in the MENA region, during events at RightsCon
At RightsCon 2018 in Toronto, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and partners from Access Now, Pshiphon, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Bahrain Watch called
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Seven Saudi women’s rights defenders branded as traitors in a dangerous new wave of arrests
23-05-2018 Update: Dr. Aisha Al-Manae was released from custody on 23 May 2018 after becoming ill. 22-05-2018 Update: An additional name, Ibrahim Fahad
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Palestinian human rights defender Ghassan Abdullah detained for two days
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the release of human rights defender, Ghassan Abdullah, General Director of the Palestinian Human Rights Organisation
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Human rights defenders including women’s rights activists arrested
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reliable information that several human rights defenders were arrested yesterday in Saudi Arabia, 17 May 2018,
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Newly enacted Anti-Cybercrime Law threatens online freedom of opinion and expression
Syria has enacted an Anti-Cybercrime Law that threatens the already fragile space for online expression even more, according to analysis by the Gulf Centre for Human
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Court of Cassation postpones verdict for human rights defender Sulaiman Bin Jassim and others accused of storming Parliament
On 06 May 2018, the Kuwaiti Court of Cassation again postponed the case of human rights defender Sulaiman Bin Jassim and dozens of others who were sentenced to prison
Read ReportBahrain: As appeal case continues, trial observation mission found Nabeel Rajab’s five-year prison sentence followed unfair trial proceedings
Download International Trial Observation Mission Report - 21 February 2018 (Publication date: 08 May 2018) I. INTRODUCTION On 21 February 2018, prominent
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Rights groups raise serious concerns over Nabeel Rajab’s appeal hearing following trial observation mission
As the appeals trial in the case against prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab unfolds before the Court of Cassation, the NGO coalition that mandated an
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