Reprisals continue against human rights defenders, especially those engaging in international advocacy
Reprisals against human rights defenders continue unabated in Bahrain, which includes travel bans on independent human rights defenders and journalists, among members of
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Human rights violators should not be allowed to remain on the UN Human Rights Council
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) call upon the United Nations General Assembly to suspend the
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NGOs call for women’s rights defender Ghada Jamsheer to remain free and an end to judicial harassment of women human rights defenders
After a prominent women’s rights defender was sentenced to a further year in prison, we the undersigned international human rights and feminist organisations call
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Travel ban imposed on journalist Nazeeha Saeed
Bahraini authorities prevented journalist Nazeeha Saeed from traveling at Bahrain International airport as part of a trend adopted by the government which includes
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Egyptian woman human rights defender Mozn Hassan banned from travel to feminist meeting
On 27 June, feminist activist and woman human rights defender Mozn Hassan was banned from travelling from Cairo to Beirut to participate in a meeting of the Women Human
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GCHR marks International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the United Nations and the international community to implement mechanisms of accountability for torture crimes on the
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Human rights defender Bahareh Hedayat must be freed, say UN and rights NGOs
Human rights defender Bahareh Hedayat has been held in Evin prison in Iran against international law after five years of detention relating to her highest sentence on
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Human rights defender Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith remains in prison as trial continues
On 20 June 2016, a third hearing took place in the United Arab Emirates to examine charges against human rights defender and academic Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith relating to
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Human rights defenders remain jailed and banned from travel as civil society crackdown continues
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is alarmed at the ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders and free expression, which continued in Bahrain this week as
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