Cyber Crimes Law silencing dissent, as Sara Al-Drees remains subject to prosecution in ongoing trial, says coalition trial observation report
Kuwait’s Cyber Crimes Law has effectively silenced dissent in the country, and brought human rights defenders to trial, including blogger Sara Al-Drees, who faces
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Human rights defender Ghada Jamsheer freed from prison, allowed to work off remainder of her sentence
Women’s rights defender, writer and blogger Ghada Jamsheer was freed on 12 December after four months in prison in Bahrain, after reaching an agreement to work for
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On International Human Rights Day, GCHR calls for detained human rights defenders to be freed
Today, 10 December, as we celebrate International Human Rights Day, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on governments in the Gulf region, neighboring
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Academic Nasser Bin Ghaith’s case transferred to Federal Appeal Court
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the move by the courts in the United Arab Emirates to transfer the case of Emirati academic Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith to the
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Abducted Activists’ Whereabouts Remain Unknown / 3 Years on, No Word on Douma 4
The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Al-Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazim Hammadi, who remain missing three years after armed men
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Prison sentence overturned for human rights defender Rana Al-Sadoun
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the news that a three-year prison sentence with hard labour imposed against human rights defender Rana Al-Sadoun was
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Human rights defender Issa Al-Hamid sentenced to two more years in prison
On 01 December 2016, human rights defender Issa Al-Hamid was sentenced to two more years in prison and a fine of 100,000 Saudi Riyals (USD$26,605) for his peaceful and
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TRIAL OBSERVATION REPORT Concerning the prosecution of journalists from “Azamn” newspaper in Oman
Download Introduction This report follows a Trial Observation mission conducted from 4 to 7 November 2016 in Muscat, Oman on behalf of a coalition. The author
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Court postpones verdict of “Azamn” journalists, in a trial held below international standards, according to trial observation report
The continuing prosecution and trial of three “Azamn” journalists in Oman has been marked by procedural flaws and the abuse of punitive press laws, according
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