Ongoing trial and detention of human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli
On July 24, 2014, the Kuwaiti Misdemeanors Court postponed the trial of human rights defender, Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli, to 7 August 2014 and ordered his continued
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Human rights defender Noah Al-Saadi held incommunicado for over a week
According to credible reports, human rights defender, Noah Al-Saadi, has been held incommunicado since his arrest on 13 July 2014 at the Special Division of the Omani
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Saudi Arabia- Human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair subjected to ill-treatment and imprisoned with criminals
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that human rights defender Waleed Abu Al-Khair is being subjected to ill-treatment, poor conditions and
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Harassments continue against activists of women’s driving campaign
On July 16, 2014, at 5 pm, while human rights defender and activist for the women’s driving campaign, Alia Fared, was driving towards a nearby health center, she
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Activists Not Released Despite Amnesty
Free Peaceful Advocates, Workers Arbitrarily Detained (New York, July 18, 2014) – Scores of civil society activists, human rights defenders, media and humanitarian
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29 human rights groups including the GCHR call for a shift in U.K. policy towards the situation in Bahrain
The Rt Honourable Philip Hammond MP Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Foreign and Commonwealth Office King Charles Street London SW1A
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Kidnapping of human rights defender Noah Al-Saadi
On the morning of 13 July 2014, human rights defender, Noah Saadi, received a call from the security forces in which he was summoned to appear before the Special
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These 7 Cases Prove That Online Activism is Under Siege in Saudi Arabia
In Saudi Arabia, the crackdown against online activists has risen to extremely worrying levels in recent months. Human rights defenders face threats and harassment,
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Human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli on hunger strike after his detention was extended for a period of ten days
According to reliable reports on 10 July 2014, human rights defender, Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli, started a hunger strike in protest against the ill-treatment and beating he
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