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Blogger Mohammed Al-Fazari arrested

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  • Oman
  • 23/12/2014

On 22 December 2014 at 11:30am, human rights defender Mohammed Al-Fazari was stopped at Muscat International airport by security authorities who informed him that a

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Jdea Nawfal from Syria and Ghada Jamsheer from Bahrain Released

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  • Syria
  • 19/12/2014

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the release of two human rights defenders in Syria and Bahrain this week.  Jdea Abdullah Nawfal, who is the

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free prominent human rights defender Saed Jadad

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  • Oman
  • 15/12/2014

Update: On 21 December 2014 he has been released on bail. Reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirm that human rights defender Said Jadad has

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Fear that Anti-Terrorism Law will be used to curtail human rights and target human rights defenders

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  • UAE
  • 13/12/2014

  A coalition of international NGOs is seriously concerned about the impact of the Anti-Terrorism Law in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that was approved by

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Human rights defender Saed Jadad arbitrarily detained

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  • Oman
  • 12/12/2014

On International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2014, security forces raided the house of human rights defender Saed Jadad in Salalah city and took him away without any

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Zainab Al-Khawaja sentenced to years in prison

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  • Bahrain
  • 11/12/2014

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) condemns the sentencing of human rights defender Zainab Al-Khawaja to over four years in prison this month. On 4 December 2014,

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Campaign to end violence against women human rights defenders across the Gulf region and its neighbouring countries

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  • MENA
  • 10/12/2014

10 December 2014 - Today, International Human Rights Day, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) pays tribute to the courage of women human rights defenders across the

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On the International Human Rights Day we remember our fellow detained human rights defenders

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  • MENA
  • 10/12/2014

On International Human Rights Day – which falls today, on the 10th of December – the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses full solidarity and

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No word on four abducted activists / A year on, no information on Douma Four

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  • Syria
  • 9/12/2014

The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazem Hamadi – the Douma Four—remain missing a year after their

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