GCHR congratulates Dr. Hala Al-Dosari for winning Human Rights Watch Award
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) congratulates its Advisory Board member Dr. Hala Al-Dosari, a prominent women’s rights defender from Saudi Arabia, who has
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Authorities continue systematic targeting of human rights defenders
The authorities in Saudi Arabia continue to target human rights defenders despite various announcements related to opening up civic space in the country. Human rights
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Participants at Gulf and Neighbouring Platform call for immediate release of all detained human rights defenders in the Middle East
(Beirut, 24 January 2018) - On 22 January 2018, partners of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) called for the release of all detained human rights defenders in the
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Rights activist and blogger Hisham Al-Omeisy released after five months held incommunicado
On 15 January 2018, rights activist and blogger Hisham Al-Omeisy has been released after five months of incommunicado detention. Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, spokesperson for
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New penal code targets activists and public freedoms
On 11 January 2018, Royal Decree No. 7/2018 signed by Sultan Qaboos bin Said, containing the provisions of the new Penal Code, was published in the Official Gazette on
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Yemeni Human Rights Blogger Hisham Al-Omeisy Has Been Missing for 150 Days
This post was written by Khalid Ibrahim, executive director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights, an independent, non-profit organisation that promotes freedom
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Imprisoned human rights defender Sulaiman Bin Jassim on hunger strike
According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), human rights defender Sulaiman Bin Jassim is on hunger strike in the Central Prison in Kuwait
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Government plans law to regulate publishing on Twitter
According to reports published in local newspapers early in January 2018, the government of Kuwait has begun drafting a new law governing publishing on social networking
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Despite promises from authorities, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe remains in prison
The holidays have passed, and British-Iranian media worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe remains in Evin prison in Iran, after hopes for an early release were dashed.
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