Zainab Al-Khawaja arrested
Zainab Al-Khawaja was arrested today, 14 October 2014, during a court hearing where she was scheduled to face charges related to tearing a photograph of the King.
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Zainab Al-Khawaja Continues to Face Judicial Harassment
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) express their strong concern for the continued judicial harassment against
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Human Rights Defender Bahareh Hedayat Must be Released
The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of student activist and women’s rights defender Bahareh Hedayat, detained in
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Free Nabeel Rajab Immediately and Unconditionally
The undersigned more than 100 organisations call for the immediate, unconditional release of detained human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, arrested on 1 October 2014 in
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Free Human Rights Lawyer Release Khalil Ma’touq Immediately, Unconditionally
(Geneva October 2, 2014) – The Syrian government should immediately and unconditionally free the prominent human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq and his colleague
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Journalists Jason Rezaian and Yeganeh Salehi still detained without charge
Update: Yeganeh Salehi has been released without charge on 6 October 2014. Jason is still detained on charges of "espionage", "collaboration with hostile governments",
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Free Renowned Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab and Stop the Pattern of Arrests
We, the staff and Advisory Board members of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), call for the immediate release of our colleague Nabeel Rajab, GCHR Director, who has
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Testimony and Trial of Human Rights Defender and Co-Director of GCHR Maryam Al-Khawaja
On 1 October 2014, human rights defender and Co-Director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) Maryam Al-Khawaja will appear before the High Criminal Court on
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The GCHR calls for the freedom of the press to be respected in Yemen
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses serious concern at the attack on freedom of expression in Yemen as media stations and journalists are
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