Bahrain- Ongoing judicial harassment against BYSHR co-founders and members for their cooperation with the UN system
Update: On 29 November 2013, human rights defender Hussain Abdulnabi was released after spending three months in prison. The Gulf Center for Human Rights
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Yemen- Continued campaign of harassment and intimidation against human rights defender Alia’a Al-Shabi
Over the past five months, human rights defender and head of Al-Faisal Organization, an organization that campaigns against detention, torture and enforced
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Saudi Arabia- International spotlight shows broken human rights promises as oppression and violations continue
Saudi Arabia has failed to deliver on promises it made to the international community. In 2009 Saudi Arabia pledged to implement recommendations made at its Universal
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Saudi Arabia- Women should be allowed to campaign freely to drive
On 16 October 2013, women's rights defender and one of the campaigners for women's legal right to drive, Eman Al-Nafjan, was pulled over while driving and summoned to
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Iraq– Journalist and human rights defender Saad Zaghloul assassinated in Mosul
With utmost sorrow and grief, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received the news of the assassination of journalist and human rights defender Saad Zaghloul in the
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Saudi Arabia- Court of Appeal Upholds sentences against human rights defenders, Wajiha Al-Huwaider and Fowzia Al-Oyuni
On 15 June 2013, human rights defenders and activists Wajiha Al-Huwaider and Fowzia Al-Oyuni were sentenced by the District Court in Al-Khobar, after many months of
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Saudi Arabia -Human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair arrested for meeting with reformists
Update: On 3 October 2013, human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al Khair was released on bail. On 2 October 2013, Saudi authorities detained prominent human rights
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Syria- One-year anniversary marked in the disappearance of prominent human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq
On 2 October 2013, the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) marks the first anniversary in the disappearance of prominent Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma'touq, who
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Bahrain- Verdict expected on 29 September in case of Human Rights Defender Naji Fateel by court that fails to live up to fair trial standards
Update: On 29 September 2013, the court sentenced human rights defenders Naji Fateel to 15 years’ imprisonment. The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) and the
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