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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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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