Online activist Abdullah Habib freed, but Saeed Jadad and Sulaiman Al-Moamari remain jailed
On 04 May 2016, Omani authorities released writer, cinema critic and online activist Abdullah Habib from prison by order of Sultan Qaboos. Other human rights defenders
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A letter to Swiss Government, make human rights the centre of Bahrain state visit, say NGOs
10 May 2016 - Eight international NGOs wrote to the Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs expressing concern over the King of Bahrain's state visit to Switzerland later this
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UAE – Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith remains in jail without proper access to his lawyer and family following second hearing
On 02 May 2016, a second hearing took place in the case of human rights defender and Professor of Economics Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith, who remains in detention in the United
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Writer, broadcaster and online activist Sulaiman Al-Moamari detained by Internal Security Service
As we mark World Press Freedom Day this week, on 03 May 2016, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), calls for the release of Omani writer, broadcaster and online
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Cartoonist and women’s rights defender Atena Farghadani freed
On World Press Freedom Day, celebrated internationally on 03 May 2016, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the news that Iranian cartoonist and women’s
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Human rights defender Issa Al-Hamid sentenced to nine years in prison
On 24 April 2016, human rights defender Issa Al-Hamid was sentenced to nine years in prison for his peaceful and legitimate human rights work in Saudi Arabia. In a
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Joint appeal to help free Syrian human rights defender Razan Zaitouneh and her colleagues on her birthday
On 29 April, human rights groups worldwide are marking the birthday of Syrian human rights defender Razan Zaitouneh, who will be spending it in captivity for the third
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Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith appears in court on baseless charges and reports torture in detention
On 4 April 2016, eight months after he was forcibly disappeared in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith was brought before the State Security Chamber of
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GCHR Co-Director Khalid Ibrahim refused entry to Jordan yet again
On 25 April 2016, Khalid Ibrahim, Co-Director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), was refused entry to Jordan and detained at the Queen Alia International
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