End legal harassment, detention and abuse of detained women’s rights activist Manahel Al-Otaibi
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received disturbing news about the condition of Saudi women’s rights activist Manahel Al-Otaibi, who is currently
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GCHR’s 33rd Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented the human rights situation in Iraq during the past five years since the start of the popular movement, including
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UAE84 trial is a mockery of justice
Human rights defenders and political dissidents must be freed The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s mass trial of 84 human rights defenders and political dissidents was
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Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review for Iran, 48th Session
Download Submitted 16 July 2024 Submission by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, NGO in General Consultative Status with
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Joint Submission to UN Universal Periodic Review for Iraq, 48th Session
Download July 2024 Submitted by: Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) INSM for Digital Rights Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights (IOHR) International
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Court sentences 57 Bangladeshi residents to prison for demonstrating
Update: On 03 September 2024, the Federal Public Prosecution announced on its Facebook page that the President of the State had pardoned 57 Bangladeshi citizens,
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International access will be needed to follow up on mixed Saudi response to UPR recommendations
Saudi Arabia’s mixed and often self-contradictory response to its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the outcome of which has now been adopted, casts doubt on
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Unfair Trial, Unjust Sentences
Human Rights Defenders, Political Dissidents Unjustly Convicted The convictions of at least 44 defendants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s mass trial of at
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Authorities violate citizens’ religious freedoms
In the context of their continued violations of the civil and human rights of citizens, the Omani authorities targeted a number of innocent citizens for observing Eid
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