Jamil Dakwar chosen as Defender of Human Rights & Freedom of Expression in August 2017
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), Maharat Foundation, and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), in cooperation with IFEX, have chosen the
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Human rights defender Hisham Al-Omeisy arrested and held incommunicado
Prominent human rights defender and on-line activist Hisham Al-Omeisy has been arrested by Houthi authorities and remains in detention without access to a lawyer or his
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Appeals Court upholds 8-year prison sentence against human rights defender Abdulaziz Al-Shubaili
On 14 August 2017, human rights defender Abdulaziz Al-Shubaili, a member of the Civil and Political Rights Association in Saudi Arabia (ACPRA), received news that the
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“Rising for Freedom” magazine banned and journalists sentenced to prison, as VDC offices attacked by mob
“Rising for Freedom” (Talaana Aaharih) magazine has been banned in Douma, Syria and two of its journalists sentenced to prison over an article published earlier this
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Writer Mansour Al-Mahrazi awaiting appeal following three-year prison sentence
Reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that the trial of the writer and researcher Mansour Bin Nasser Al-Mahrazi is ongoing in connection
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Human rights defender Omar Al-Hamid sentenced to three years in prison
Saudi human rights defender Omar Al-Hamid has been sentenced to three years in prison under the Anti-Cyber Crime Law, following a hearing on 08 August 2017 by the
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Human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli released
At 8:30pm on 01 August 2017, human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli was released from the Central Prison in Kuwait on bail of 500 Kuwait Dinars (approx. USD$1650)
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Rights groups condemn extrajudicial execution of human rights defender and software engineer Bassel Khartabil
The family of Bassel Khartabil, a Syrian-Palestinian software engineer and free speech activist, confirmed that he had been subjected to an extrajudicial execution in
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Human rights defender Maryam Al-Otaibi released from prison despite defying guardianship system
On 31 July 2017, Saudi woman human rights defender Maryam Al-Otaibi was released from prison after more than 100 days. She immediately said in a tweet, “You can
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