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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UN panel discusses human rights defenders, journalists, and civilian casualties in Yemen
On 16 June 2016, a panel discussion on the human rights and humanitarian situation in Yemen was held on the sidelines of the 32nd session of the United Nations Human
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Human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli beaten by police as sentence reduced
Human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli was beaten and bruised by policemen in Kuwait while being transferred from court to prison, according to information received
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Journalist and rights defender Ahmed Abdel-Qader survives second attempt on his life in Turkey
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) strongly condemns the attempted killing of Syrian human rights defender and journalist Ahmed Abdel-Qader in Turkey. This is the
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NGOs call for an end to reprisals against human rights defenders as Nabeel Rajab arrested and Bahraini rights defenders banned from travel to Geneva
As the 32nd Session of United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) opened in Geneva on 13 June, Nabeel Rajab, Bahrain's most high profile human rights defender, was
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Appeals Court upholds three-year sentence for online activist Hassan Al-Basham
On 13 June 2016, the Court of Appeal in Sohar upheld the three-year prison sentence against online activist Hassan Al-Basham, which is related to his human rights
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In order to establish an independent mechanism to protect freedom of opinion and expression and the media in the Arab region
The Arab Group of IFEX, the international network for the defense of freedom of expression, established a working group in Tunis on the 1st and 2nd of June, 2016 to
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