New penal code targets activists and public freedoms
On 11 January 2018, Royal Decree No. 7/2018 signed by Sultan Qaboos bin Said, containing the provisions of the new Penal Code, was published in the Official Gazette on
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Yemeni Human Rights Blogger Hisham Al-Omeisy Has Been Missing for 150 Days
This post was written by Khalid Ibrahim, executive director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights, an independent, non-profit organisation that promotes freedom
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Imprisoned human rights defender Sulaiman Bin Jassim on hunger strike
According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), human rights defender Sulaiman Bin Jassim is on hunger strike in the Central Prison in Kuwait
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Government plans law to regulate publishing on Twitter
According to reports published in local newspapers early in January 2018, the government of Kuwait has begun drafting a new law governing publishing on social networking
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Despite promises from authorities, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe remains in prison
The holidays have passed, and British-Iranian media worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe remains in Evin prison in Iran, after hopes for an early release were dashed.
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Gulf Centre for Human Rights promotes the need for local content at the IGF 2017 in Geneva
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) had an active presence at the twelfth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) which was held in Geneva,
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human rights defender Obaid Al-Zaabi released over three years after being found innocent
On 21 December 2017, human rights defender Obaid Al-Zaabi was released from imprisonment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), more than three years after a court found him
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Security forces storm offices of NRT and close them by force
According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), at 6:45 pm on 19 December 2017, more than 200 armed members of Iraqi Kurdistan’s internal
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Human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja faces reprisals in detention after protesting poor prison conditions
One of Bahrain’s most prominent human rights defenders, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, who is serving a life sentence for his human rights work, has protested unfair prison
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