Iraq – Violation of right to peaceful assembly and targeting of human rights defenders
On 31 August 2013, despite attempts by authorities to block peaceful demonstrations, thousands of protestors took to the streets in Baghdad and many provinces in the
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UAE 94 trial violates the basic rights to fair trial and due process
In the final hearing of a group of people collectively known as the "UAE 94", the Federal Supreme Court of Abu Dhabi sentenced 56 people, including prominent human
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Syria- Hearing of human rights defenders on unfounded terrorism charges postponed
On 21 August 2013, human rights defenders, Mazen Darwish, Hussein Ghareer, Hani Al-Zitani, Mansour Al-Omari, and Abd Al-Rahman Hamada, appeared before the Anti-Terrorism
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Authorities continue to target NGOs by means of imprisonment and judicial harassment
The Saudi authorities continue to target members of the Association for Civil and Political Rights(ACRPA) by means of imprisonment, travel bans and judicial
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Bahrain- Authorities crackdown – blocking peaceful protests and targeting human rights defenders
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses serious concern at the aggressive crackdown against human rights defenders in recent weeks. On 14 August 2013, the
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Bahrain- Acting President of BCHR and Co-Director of GCHR Banned from Boarding British Airways Flight to Bahrain
This morning the Acting President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and Co-Director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) Maryam Al-Khawaja, was
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Saudi Arabia- Authorities should release all detained human rights defenders and activists
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that on 6 August 2013, detained human rights defender Mohammed Saleh Al-Bajadi was released from Al-
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Maryam Al-Khawaja to Visit Bahrain on Friday
The Acting President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights; and Co-Director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights, Maryam Al-Khawaja, has decided to travel to
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Oman- Arbitrary arrest of human rights defender and blogger Sultan Al-Sa’adi
On July 29 the Omani Intelligence (Internal Security) arrested human rights defender and blogger Sultan Al-Sa’adi immediately following the pardon issued by Sultan
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