“Their freedom is their right” campaign announces Zainab Al-Khawaja as the prisoner of the month in April 2016
“Their freedom is their right” (“#حريتهم_حقهم”) is a campaign for defending the rights of prisoners of conscience launched by Maharat
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GCHR expresses solidarity with Nazra and strongly condemns judicial harassment against NGOs
On 22 March 2016, Nazra for Feminist Studies announced the official summons and charges against its founder and director, Mozn Hassan, by the Egyptian authorities.
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UN “deeply troubled” by the ongoing targeting of HRDs in Bahrain
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the call by United Nations experts to stop persecuting human rights defenders, and release human rights defenders jailed
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The Human Rights Council Role in Protecting Human Rights Defenders
Geneva, 18 March 2016 - The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) in co-operation with CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation and FIDH hosted a side event at
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Renewed calls for Bassel Khartabil’s release on 4th anniversary of detention
On 17 March 2016, Syria’s authorities should reveal the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software developer and free speech activist, and release him immediately, 33
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GCHR welcomes release of two Omani human rights defenders and Qatari poet
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the release of two Omani human rights defenders, one who was jailed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in addition to
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Health of Zainab Al-Khawaja and her baby at high risk in prison
Human rights defender Zainab Al-Khawaja's family was able to visit her in prison today, 16 March 2016, for thirty minutes during which she gave them the details of what
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Human rights defenders losing hope as human rights violations continue unabated, says GCHR new report
The stories of human rights defenders in Syria demonstrate some of the terrifying outcomes of the Syrian conflict of the last five years, reveals a new report by the
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Zainab Al-Khawaja arrested with 15 month old son from her home
Human rights defender Zainab Al-Khawaja has been arrested from her house along with her 15 month old baby Abdul-Hadi at at 3:45 pm today Bahrain time. According to her
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