Human rights defender Samar Badawi receives international award
Istanbul, 17 September 2015 - The International Hrant Dink Award was given this year to Saudi Arabian human rights defender Samar Badawi for her endless human rights
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Civilians & Rights Activists Under Fire – Side event addresses impunity that fuels humanitarian crisis
Geneva, 16 September 2015 – At the United Nations Human Rights Council this week, human rights groups highlighted the burgeoning threats to civilians and human
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The Challenges and Their Urgent Need for Protection
Geneva, 16 September 2015- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, ARTICLE 19 and Cairo Institute of Human Rights
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Government should immediately lift travel ban against human rights award nominee Ahmed Mansoor
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the UAE authorities to immediately lift the travel ban against human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor. He is one of three
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A Closed letter from Human Rights Organisations to the Saudi leadership. Sent on 16 July 2015 and no reply has been received as yet
His Majesty the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdul Aziz,
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Internal Security Service dismantling the human rights movement
Update: Ismaeel Al-Meqbali has been released on 03 September 2015. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received further reports that the Omani Internal Security
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DETAINEES IN SYRIA / A letter that has been sent to members of the UN Security Council
Update: The Anti-terrorism Court in Damascus, headed by Judge Reda Musa, has ruled on 31 August 2015, to include case number 39/2015 of the Syrian Centre for Media and
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Rising concerns for cartoonist Atena Farghadani, detained for exercising her right to free expression
Update: Atena Farghadani has recently developed signs of lymphatic disease in Evin prison. Her case has been referred to Branch 54 of the Appeals Court where she will
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Internal Security Service arrest human rights defender and release four others
Update: On 21 September 2015 Khalid Al-Nawfali has been released from prison. On 24 August 2015, the Internal Security Service (ISS) in Oman released three human rights
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