Bahrain13 on hunger strike protesting ill-treatment of minors in prison; Hussain Jawad abused in detention
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is alarmed by recent reports of abuse and torture in detention in Bahrain. The GCHR is concerned for the health of detained human
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Trial continues of prominent human rights defender Saed Jadad
On 22 February 2015, the fourth hearing of the trial of prominent defender of human rights Saed Jadad was held before the Court of First Instance in Muscat, during which
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Torture of head of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights, Naji Fateel, and systematic targeting of its members
Members of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) an organisation that monitors and documents human rights violations, organises training workshops,
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Sisters of imprisoned UAE94 activist subjected to enforced disappearance as State Security Apparatus continues to violate human rights
Update: Asma Khalifa Al-Suwaidi, Maryam Khalifa Al-Suwaidi and Alyaziyah Khalifa Al-Suwaidi have been released on 15 May 2015, after spending three months in
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Bodyguards of the National Security Advisor attack a group of journalists
On 18 February 2015, a group of journalists was attacked by the bodyguards of Iraq’s National Security Advisor, Faleh Al-Fayad, who was attending a seminar
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Appeals court endorses 15-year sentence against human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair
On 15 February 2015, the Specialised Criminal Court of Appeal in Riyadh ratified the initial ruling against Waleed Abu Al-Khair. The court, which hears terrorism
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Free Human Rights Defenders Held 3 Years / Detained Arbitrarily, and Tortured
(Geneva, February 16, 2015) – The Syrian government should immediately free the prominent Syrian human rights defenders Mazen Darwish, Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein
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Appeal to Sultan Qaboos to free human rights defender Saed Jadad
The following is an open letter to the Sultan of Oman from the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR): Head of State and Prime Minister His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin
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Human rights defender Hussain Jawad arrested in night raid
Hussain Jawad, head of the European-Bahraini Organisation for Human Rights (EBOHR) was arrested during a house raid early this morning 16 February 2015. He is being held
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