End degrading treatment of activists, say 10 NGOs, as shackling detainees among new punitive regulations
Bahraini authorities’ treatment of wrongfully imprisoned detainees violates international standards on prisoner treatment and in some cases may constitute cruel,
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Razan Zaitouneh spends another birthday in captivity with her colleagues
On 29 April 2017, on the occasion of Syrian human rights defender Razan Zaitouneh’s birthday, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights reiterates calls for her immediate
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Human rights defender Khalid Al-Omair released after sentence ends while other rights defenders continue to be targeted
Human rights defender Khaled Al-Omair has finally been released more than six months after he finished serving his eight-year sentence, while most other human rights
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Dublin public gathering calls for the release of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja & Nabeel Rajab
Dublin, 20 April 2017 – Front Line Defenders and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) hosted a public gathering in Dublin in solidarity with the
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Two feminist activists remain in jail while a third activist is released
The Guardianship system in Saudi Arabia has been used to jail women who refuse to be ruled by the male members of their families. In the past two weeks, three feminist
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GCHR delivers statement to UN Committee Against Torture while Bahrain’s record is reviewed
On 20 April 2017, Maryam Al-Khawaja, the Special Advisor on Advocacy for the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), delivered the following statement to the UN Committee
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Internal Security Service continues systematic targeting of human rights defenders & Internet activists
According to reports from Oman, the Internal Security Service (ISS) has arrested both human rights defender Ahmed Al-Bahri and Internet activist Khalid Al-Ramadani for
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Human rights defender Mohammed Abdullah Al-Otaibi calls on the international community to protect him
Saudi human rights defender Mohammed Abdullah Al-Otaibi has called for international support after being forced to leave Saudi Arabia for Qatar. He said, "I call on the
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The Founder of the GCHR on Day 11 of his 5th Hunger Strike
The co-founder of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja has started a new hunger strike demanding that his human and civil rights be respected by the
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