An open letter to prominent human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
We on behalf of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) urge you to immediately stop your hunger strike. We well know your
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Sentence of human rights defender Fadel Al-Manasef reduced by one year following reconsideration by the Court
On 9 September 2014, the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh, reduced the prison sentence of human rights defender, blogger and founding member of Al Adalah Center for
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Special Focus Kuwait & Saudi Arabia
On 09 September 2014 the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), World Alliance for Citizen participation (CIVICUS), Saudi
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Human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli sentenced to 6 months in prison
On 4 September 2014, the Court of Misdemeanors in Kuwait sentenced human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli to six month in prison after he was accused of assaulting a
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Human Rights Defender Naji Fateel starts a hunger strike for Freedom
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) express concern at the ongoing ill-treatment of detained human rights defender Naji
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Free Prominent Rights Defenders Verdict Scheduled in Charges Before Anti-Terrorism Court
(Geneva, September 5, 2014) –The Syrian government should immediately and unconditionally release the arbitrarily detained human rights defender
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Meeting between concerned NGOs and Danish Foreign Minister
We were received on a short notice today by the Danish Foreign Minister, Mr. Martin Lidegaard, to whom we conveyed our serious concerns about the rapidly
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Court of Appeal upholds sentence of human rights defender Raif Badawi
On 1 September 2014 the Court of Appeal in Jeddah upheld the sentence of human rights defender Raif Badawi. He was sentenced on 7 May 2014 to 10 years in prison,
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Human rights defender Mohammed Al-Fazari held incommunicado
Update: He has been released without charge on 04 September 2014. On 30 August 2014, human rights defender Mohammed Al-Fazari was summoned by the General Directorate of
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