Three activists summoned for investigation as discrimination against Bedoon community continues
Human rights activists involved in defending and monitoring the rights of the Bedoon community in Kuwait continue to be targeted by the authorities. Over the past few
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On the second anniversary of the arrest of Mazen Darwish the human rights situation remains critical as two more human rights defenders are targeted
16 February 2014 marked the two-year anniversary of the arbitrary arrest of prominent human rights defender Mazen Darwish. Despite the international reaction and
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Freedom of the press at risk as nine media workers targeted in one week
The protection and freedom of the press is seriously at risk in Yemen, as nine journalists were subjected to severe human rights violations over the course of one
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Continued use of politicized judiciary by the authority to keep activist Zaynab Al-Khawaja behind Bars
The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) express their deep concern for the on-going targeting of the detained activist and
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TORTURE IN OMAN
The practice of torture is widespread in Oman state penal institutions and has become the state’s knee jerk reaction to independent political expression,
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Bahrain must abide by its own laws and immediately release leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) expresses grave concern regarding the Bahraini authorities’ treatment of
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Bahrain- Imprisoned medic deprived of adequate medical treatment for injuries sustained through torture, and authorities prosecute yet another human rights defender
The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) express concerns about the ongoing deterioration of the status of human rights
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Authorities target the families of human rights defenders convicted in the UAE 94 case
On 10 January 2014, the authorities in UAE arbitrarily detained Aisha Ibrahim Al-Zaabi as she tried to leave the country with her 18-month-old son. Al-Zaabi is the wife
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Letter from prominent human rights defender, and the main founder of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
Human rights defenders are serving their country in order to get general freedoms. They are also pushing for social reform, as human rights is equal to social reform. We
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