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Iraq– Journalist and human rights defender Kawa Kermyani assassinated in the town of Kelar

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  • Iraqi Kurdistan
  • 7/12/2013

With great sadness and sorrow, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received the news of the assassination of journalist and human rights defender Kawa Kermyani, aged

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Kuwait- Travel ban on human rights defender Rana Al-Saadoun

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  • Kuwait
  • 6/12/2013

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is deeply concerned following the travel ban that has been imposed on human rights defender Rana Al-Saadoun. She is a member of

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Yemen – Targeting of human rights defenders and journalists continues

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  • Yemen
  • 4/12/2013

On 29 November 2013, armed men attempted to assassinate journalist and human rights defender Abdullah bin Amer on 24th Street next to the home of Yemen's President in

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Bahrain judicial system continues to hammer human rights defenders with prison orders

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  • Bahrain
  • 26/11/2013

The Gulf Center for Human Rights and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights express concern over the growing threats against human rights defenders and the continued

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Urgent appeal for the release of prisoners of conscience and all detainees in Syria

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  • Syria
  • 26/11/2013

The undersigned organizations express their utmost concerns as for the fate of tens of thousands of detainees in Syria and urge all parties to guarantee in all

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Yemen- Daughter of prominent journalist and human rights defender Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani injured in a suspicious run over accident

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  • Yemen
  • 21/11/2013

On 19 November 2013, Ala'a Al- Khaiwani, the daughter of journalist and human rights defender, Abdulkarim Al- Khaiwani, was subjected to a suspicious run over accident

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Syria- Human rights organizations call on Syrian government to implement the UN Resolution

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  • Syria
  • 19/11/2013

The Syrian government should immediately release human rights defenders, Mazen Darwish, Hussein Ghareer and Hani Al-Zitani, members of the Syrian Centre for Media and

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Bahrain- End unfair imprisonment of leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, eligible for early release

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  • Bahrain
  • 19/11/2013

The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Front Line Defenders, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and

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Continued campaign of harassment and intimidation against prominent human rights lawyer Abdulhamid Al-Kumaiti

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  • UAE
  • 15/11/2013

New reports received by the Gulf Centre or Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that State Security Apparatus continues its campaign of harassment and intimidation against

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