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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Dr Abdullah Al-Hamid and Dr Mohammed Al-Qahtani commence hunger strike and sentence of Mikhlif Al-Shammari upheld as oppression of human rights defenders continues
The situation of human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia remains critical as during the past week two human rights defenders have started a hunger strike while the unjust
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Kuwait- Arrest and detention of human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli and his brother
On 24 February 2014, human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli, was chased by state security cars, before being arrested, along with his brother, Abulnasser. They were
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Mounting Threats to Rights Defenders in the Gulf Documented in Annual Report by Gulf Center for Human Rights
In its second annual report, the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) documents the worsening the situation for human rights defenders in the Gulf region in 2013. The
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The ill-treatment of detained human rights defenders in the Kingdom
According to reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), widespread ill-treatment of human rights defenders (HRDs) at the hand of state
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Saudi Arabia- Human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair’s three months sentence upheld by Court of Appeal
On 24 February 2014, human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair was informed that the Court of Appeal in Mecca upheld a prison sentence against him. The three-month
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