Mahdieh Golrou’s Case Referred to the “Judge of Death”
Update: On 28 January 2015, Mahdieh Golrou was released on bail. The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the
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Ministry of Interior deliberately targets journalists during peaceful protests
Information received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) suggests that the Ministry of Interior in Bahrain is systematically targeting journalists as they cover
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Prominent human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair’s sentence increased to 15 years in prison
On 12 January 2015, the Specialised Criminal Court in Riyadh held a session in which it sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair to serve 15 years in
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Human rights defender Raif Badawi lashed in public
Reliable sources confirm that today, on 9 January 2015, Saudi human rights defender Raif Badawi received 50 lashes in public outside Al-Jafali mosque in
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Writer Ali Al-Rawahi released after 4-day detention
Reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirm that on 2 January 2015, the Omani authorities released writer Ali Al-Rawahi after four days in
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Human rights defender Mohammed Al-Maskati sentenced to 6 months in prison
On 31 December 2014, the Lower Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced human rights defender Mohammed Al-Maskati, a digital security expert at Front Line Defenders, to six
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Mission report to Iraqi Kurdistan finds media and civil society at risk
Many see Iraqi Kurdistan, an autonomous region in Northern Iraq, as a safe haven, a place of relative calm away from the terror and chaos that exists in much of the rest
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Letter to Human Rights Defenders from Abdulhadi Alkhawaja
As human rights defenders you are like sailors and as sailors you are fighting the waves and watching the wind. If the waves are the oppressive regimes you are fighting
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Maysaa Al-Amodi and Lujain Al-Hathlol to appear before the Terrorism Court for driving a car
On 25 December 2014, the Partial Court in the city of Al-Ahsaa dismissed the case against activists Maysaa Al-Amodi and Lujain Al-Hathlol who were detained for
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