Assassination of WHRD Yanar Mohammed, Emblematic Figure of the Feminist Movement, Condemned

  • Iraq
  • 5/03/2026

The assassination of woman human rights defender Yanar Mohammed, a prominent Iraqi feminist and President of the Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI),

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Release and end persecution of prominent lawyer and human rights defender Waleed Abu Al-Khair

  • Saudi Arabia
  • 18/09/2024

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is following with great concern the medical neglect and physical abuse that prominent Saudi lawyer and human rights

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Restore Parliament and stop prosecution of parliamentarians and political activists

  • Kuwait
  • 17/09/2024

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has been following with concern the deterioration of Kuwaiti political and civic rights following the decision of the Emir,

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Human rights defenders continue to face reprisals

  • Qatar
  • 12/09/2024

Human rights defenders in Qatar remain at risk, including those who speak up about the human rights situation including women’s and migrants’ rights, according to

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Authorities continue arbitrary citizenship revocation policy

  • Kuwait
  • 10/09/2024

Authorities in Kuwait continue to arbitrary revoke the citizenship of many citizens. Local sources confirmed to the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) that the number

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End the arbitrary detention of the prominent human rights defender Issa Al-Nukhaifi

  • Saudi Arabia
  • 18/08/2024

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reports of several hunger strikes undertaken by human rights defender Issa Al-Nukhaifi in the last few

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End the arbitrary detention of prominent human rights defender Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani

  • Saudi Arabia
  • 14/08/2024

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) reiterates its concerns about the mistreatment of detained human rights defender Dr. Mohammed Fahad Al-Qahtani, who

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Call to stop hosting Conference of Parties (COP) annual climate summits in authoritarian countries

  • Egypt
  • MENA
  • UAE
  • 13/08/2024

Open letter to the secretariat for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn, Germany 13 August 2024 Re: Call to stop hosting Conference of

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Periodic report on gross human rights violations

  • Yemen
  • 21/06/2024

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented many human rights violations against journalists, media, a woman human rights defender, and a judge in Yemen

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