Rights groups condemn extrajudicial execution of human rights defender and software engineer Bassel Khartabil
The family of Bassel Khartabil, a Syrian-Palestinian software engineer and free speech activist, confirmed that he had been subjected to an extrajudicial execution in
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Human rights defender Maryam Al-Otaibi released from prison despite defying guardianship system
On 31 July 2017, Saudi woman human rights defender Maryam Al-Otaibi was released from prison after more than 100 days. She immediately said in a tweet, “You can
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Discrimination of Bedoon Community
An alternative report submitted by GCHR to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
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Women human rights defenders who are tortured in Bahrain will not receive justice
Women human rights defenders in Bahrain who have been tortured in Bahrain have been subjected to further persecution to stop them from working. In two separate cases,
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Prominent Bedoon human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli must be released
Prominent human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli is still being held at the Central Prison in Kuwait and risks facing deportation from the country, according to
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GCHR stands in solidarity with rights defenders detained in Turkey and calls for their immediate release
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses serious concern about the recent detention of human rights defenders and trainers at a workshop in Turkey on 05 July.
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Nabeel Rajab sentenced to two years for reporting on human rights violations
Leading Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab has been sentenced to prison on 10 July 2017 for two years after being found guilty of spreading "fake
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Ali Anouzla chosen as the human rights and freedom of expression defender of July 2017
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), Maharat Foundation, and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), in cooperation with IFEX, have chosen the
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Human Rights Defender Ebtisam Al-Sayegh arrested and detained for the second time in two months
On 3 July 2017, Ebtisam Al-Sayegh, monitoring and documentation officer of the Salam Organisation (Peace for Democracy and Human Rights), was arrested during a raid on
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