Call for the release of Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli who has started a hunger strike following allegations of torture
Updated: He has been released on 8 April 2014 and the next hearing in his trial will be held on13 May 2014. On 5 April 2014, detained Bedoon rights activist, Abdulhakim
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Torture of Osama Al-Najjar confirmed as ill-treatment of detained UAE94 continues
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information confirming that 25-year old, human rights defender, Osama Al-Najjar has been subjected to torture. The
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Co-director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights detained and denied entry into Jordan
On 30 March 2014, human rights defender and co-director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) Khalid Ibrahim was detained at Amman in Jordan and not
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Mazen Darwish, Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Ghareer presented with terrorism charges over two years after their arrest
On 24 March 2014, Director of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), Mazen Darwish and his SCM colleagues, Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein
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Condemnation of killing of director of Radio Free Iraq
It is with great sadness and regret that the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has learned of the killing of journalist and human rights defender, Mohammed Bedaiwi. It
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Arrest of young human rights defender as on-line activists continue to be targeted
At approximately 4pm on 17 March 2014, a young Emirati activist, Osama Al-Najjar was stopped by state security officials in unmarked cars and arrested as he returned
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Free Key Rights Defenders / Government Arbitrarily Holds Darwish, Colleagues Despite UN Demands
(Geneva, March 17, 2014) – The government of Syria should immediately and unconditionally release the arbitrarily detained human rights defender Mazen Darwish and his
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Torture in Oman, Repression in Saudi Arabia and UAE / Side Event at the United Nations Human Rights Council
On 14 March 2014, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies(CIHRS ) and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation,
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Rising Human Rights Challenges in the Gulf Region and Beyond
Geneva, 13 March 2014- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) launched its Annual Report at a side meeting of the 25th session of the United Nations Human Rights
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