Arbitrary arrest and detention of human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli
On 07 July 2014, at 9pm, police in Kuwait arbitrary arrested and detained human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli. Reports confirmed that he was verbally abused prior
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Human rights defenders treated as terrorists as judicial harassment against them continues
On 6 July 2014, the Specialised Criminal Court in Jeddah sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair to 15 years in prison, with five years suspended,
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Four human rights observers targeted during a peaceful demonstration
Update: He has been released on 04 July 2014. On July 3, 2014, at 11pm, human rights defender and member of the Kuwaiti Observatory for Human Rights, Mohammed Sahod
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Arrest of human rights defender Dr. Saeed Al-Samahiji
In the early hours of 1 July 2014, Dr. Saeed Al-Samahiji was arrested from his home to serve a one-year prison sentence for “insulting the King.” The alleged
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Saudi Arabia- Human rights defender Fawzan Al-Harbi sentenced to seven years in prison on baseless charges
On 25 June 2014, the Criminal Court in Riyadh sentenced human rights defender Fawzan Al-Harbi to seven years in prison, with six yeras suspended, and a travel
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Qatar and Kuwait in Focus
On 18 June 2014 the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Human Rights Watch (HRW), International Service for Human
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PRESS RELEASE / Renewed call for release of jailed Bahraini journalists before Human Rights Council’s 26th Session
Ahead of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 26th Session, ten free speech and human rights organisations have made a renewed call for the release of
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An empty vessel without substantial changes to the draft statute
The undersigned national and global human rights organizations today called upon the League of Arab State’s (LAS) member States to substantially revise the draft
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Trumped up charges, including under cyber crime law, submitted against Waleed Abu Al-Khair
On 28 May 2014, prominent lawyer and human rights defender Waleed Abu Al-Khair appeared in shackles before the Special Criminal Court in Jeddah for the seventh session
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