Journalists Oussama Salem Almaqtari and Mohamed Al-Qadesi killed in Taiz

  • Yemen
  • 16/02/2018

Yemeni journalists are facing life threating situations, as they struggle to report on the daily suffering of Yemeni people due to the civil war. The last month took a

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On 7th anniversary of beginning of popular movement, NGOs call for end to systematic targeting of human rights defenders and journalists

  • Bahrain
  • 14/02/2018

On the 7th anniversary of the peaceful popular movement of the Bahraini people which started on 14 February 2011, the undersigned NGOs call on the international

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Women’s rights defenders arrested for promoting human rights online

  • Saudi Arabia
  • 7/02/2018

Woman human rights defender Noha Al-Balawi, who is active online in supporting civil and political rights for women, was arrested two weeks ago in the last week of

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UN Universal Periodic Review recommendations must be fully implemented

  • UAE
  • 6/02/2018

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government to fully implements recommendations made during its third United Nations

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Court of Cassation’s Prosecutor confirms that the verdict of the Court of Appeal in the Kuwait 67 case is improper

  • Kuwait
  • 1/02/2018

According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), the Court of Cassation’s Prosecutor has confirmed that the verdict of the Court of Appeal

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GCHR congratulates Dr. Hala Al-Dosari for winning Human Rights Watch Award

  • Saudi Arabia
  • 31/01/2018

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) congratulates its Advisory Board member Dr. Hala Al-Dosari, a prominent women’s rights defender from Saudi Arabia, who has

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Authorities continue systematic targeting of human rights defenders

  • Saudi Arabia
  • 26/01/2018

The authorities in Saudi Arabia continue to target human rights defenders despite various announcements related to opening up civic space in the country. Human rights

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Participants at Gulf and Neighbouring Platform call for immediate release of all detained human rights defenders in the Middle East

  • MENA
  • 24/01/2018

(Beirut, 24 January 2018) - On 22 January 2018, partners of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) called for the release of all detained human rights defenders in the

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Rights activist and blogger Hisham Al-Omeisy released after five months held incommunicado

  • Yemen
  • 16/01/2018

On 15 January 2018, rights activist and blogger Hisham Al-Omeisy has been released after five months of incommunicado detention. Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, spokesperson for

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