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Saudi activist at risk of deportation from Bulgaria

  • News
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 10/03/2025

Sofia should allow resettlement to third country Bulgarian authorities should suspend any plans to deport Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi to Saudi

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Marking International Women’s Day: The Vital Role of Women in Shaping the MENA Region’s Future

  • News
  • MENA
  • 7/03/2025

On International Women's Day, marked every year on 08 March, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) honours the remarkable contributions of women worldwide, with

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Supreme Court upholds sentences of those convicted in UAE84 case, including GCHR’s Board member Ahmed Mansoor

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  • UAE
  • 5/03/2025

During a hearing on 04 March 2025, the State Security Department of the Federal Supreme Court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) rejected the appeals submitted by 53

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Salma Al-Shehab released after four years in prison, among hundreds of prisoners for posts on X

  • News
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 18/02/2025

Last week, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) learned that hundreds of people were recently released from prison in Saudi Arabia after completing part of their

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Urgent, high-level outreach to the King of Bahrain to release EU nationals Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Mohammed Habib Al-Muqdad

  • News
  • Bahrain
  • 14/02/2025

Joint Letter to the European Union To: Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission António Costa, President of the European Council Kaja

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Sultan of Oman ratifies new arbitrary citizenship law

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  • Oman
  • 11/02/2025

The Sultan of Oman ratified a new citizenship law that allows the authorities to use citizenship as a weapon to silence opponents and restrict opinions, in addition to

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Amendments to Kuwaiti Nationality Law pose serious threats to human rights

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  • Kuwait
  • 10/02/2025

Today, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) released a report entitled, “Amendments to Kuwaiti Nationality Law pose serious threats to human rights”. In the

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Urgent appeal to end the enforced disappearance of poet Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi and calling for his release

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  • Egypt
  • Lebanon
  • UAE
  • 6/02/2025

To:  Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al

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Periodic Report on Serious Human Rights Violations

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  • Yemen
  • 28/01/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented numerous human rights violations in Yemen over the past two months, committed by various parties involved in the

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