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GCHR’s 35th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

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  • Iraq
  • 15/05/2025

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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Denouncing the ban on human rights defender Nabhan Al-Hanshi from entering Lebanon

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  • Lebanon
  • Oman
  • 13/05/2025

The Omani Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (OCHRD), the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), and ALQST for Human Rights strongly condemn the Lebanese authorities'

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Joint Letter on Human Rights Situation to Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council 

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  • Bahrain
  • 12/05/2025

Re: Upcoming 59th Session of the Human Rights Council and Eid al-Adha Ahead of the 59th session of the Human Rights Council (16 June - 11 July 2025), we are writing

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Internet activist and religious preacher Talal bin Ahmed Al-Salmani facing Appeal court

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  • Oman
  • 8/05/2025

Online activist and religious preacher Talal bin Ahmed Al-Salmani is facing a review by the Muscat Court of Appeal of his initial sentence. On 17 April 2025, he was

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NGOs call for immediate release of ​Nourah Al-Qahtani, in solitary confinement and deteriorating health

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 8/05/2025

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are extremely concerned that Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani has been held in solitary confinement in Saudi Arabia since

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Press freedom hampered by systematic repression and widespread impunity

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  • Yemen
  • 3/05/2025

On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the undersigned Yemeni, regional, and international human rights organisations express grave concern about the ongoing

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Libya: Protect press freedom and support media reforms 

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  • MENA
  • 2/05/2025

On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, we, the undersigned human rights organisations, express our deep concern regarding the deteriorating state of media freedom

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Journalists and human rights defenders among 40 defendants convicted in case of conspiracy against state security

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  • Tunisia
  • 30/04/2025

Since February 2023, a series of arrests have been taking place amid the ongoing political battle in Tunisia, which continues two years later. This case, dubbed the

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Periodic Report on Serious Human Rights Violations

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  • Yemen
  • 25/04/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented numerous human rights violations in Yemen over the past two and a half months, perpetrated by various parties to

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