Journalist Awad Kashmeem arbitrarily detained by elite security forces in Hadhramawt
In a very alarming attack against freedom of expression in Yemen, prominent independent journalist Awad Kashmeem was detained on 21 February 2018 by the Yemeni Army's
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UN HRC member blatantly violates human rights on a daily basis
The United Nations Human Rights Council consists of 47 Member States elected by a majority of the members of the UN General Assembly by direct and secret ballot. The
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Lawyers attempt to reach human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, who is held incommunicado
Geneva - On 26 February 2018, lawyers from Ireland approached the Ministry of the Interior in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to try to gain access to distinguished human
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Nabeel Rajab sentenced to five more years in prison for tweeting in unfair trial proceedings, according to trial observation mission
Prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to a further five years in prison on 21 February 2018, during a verdict that an observer called
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Court of Cassation releases human rights defender Sulaiman bin Jassim among dozens of prisoners
On 18 February 2018, the Kuwaiti Court of Cassation ordered the release of human rights defender Sulaiman bin Jassim and dozens of others who were sentenced to prison
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Journalists Oussama Salem Almaqtari and Mohamed Al-Qadesi killed in Taiz
Yemeni journalists are facing life threating situations, as they struggle to report on the daily suffering of Yemeni people due to the civil war. The last month took a
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On 7th anniversary of beginning of popular movement, NGOs call for end to systematic targeting of human rights defenders and journalists
On the 7th anniversary of the peaceful popular movement of the Bahraini people which started on 14 February 2011, the undersigned NGOs call on the international
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Women’s rights defenders arrested for promoting human rights online
Woman human rights defender Noha Al-Balawi, who is active online in supporting civil and political rights for women, was arrested two weeks ago in the last week of
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UN Universal Periodic Review recommendations must be fully implemented
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government to fully implements recommendations made during its third United Nations
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