Saudi Arabia- Serious concern for safety of human rights defender, Mohammed Saleh Al-Bajadi, who has been held in incommunicado detention since September
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses serious concern for the health and safety of human rights defender Mohammed Saleh Al-Bajadi. He is one of the
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Bahrain- Health deterioration of detained human rights defender Nabeel Rajab
The health of human rights defender Nabeel Rjab is reported to be deteriorating as he continues to serve a two years imprisonment at Jaw prison.
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Kuwait- Arrest and detention of human rights defender Sulaiman Binjassim and excessive use of force by police at protest
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information of excessive use of force by the police and the arrest and detention of human rights defender Sulaiman
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Human rights defender Dr Salih Al-Azri arrested and held in incommunicado detention
On 14 April 2013, human rights defender and blogger Dr Salih Al-Azri was arrested after being summoned for questioning to the Special Branch at the General Police
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Kuwait- Human rights defender Abdullah Fairouz detained on charges of insulting the judiciary, released on bail
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the release of human rights defender Abdulla Fairouz on bail on 14 April 2013 following his arrest five days earlier on
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Saudi Arabia- Journalist and human rights defender Iman Al-Qahtani stops tweeting due to the harassment by security forces
Popular journalist, writer and human rights defender Iman Al-Qahtani has been forced to shut down her Twitter account due to harassment by members of the security forces
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Qatar- Human rights defenders Mohammed Issa Al-Baker and Mansoor Rashed Al- Matroushi on hunger strike until they are released
Updates: The two human rights defenders were placed in solitary confinement from March 23 to March 27, 2013. They were released on 18 April 2013 and were subject to a
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Freedom of expression in danger after sentencing of human rights defender Abdullah Al-Hadidi to 10 months in prison for tweeting
On 8 April 2013, the Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance sentenced Twitter activist and human rights defender Mr Abdullah Al-Hadidi to a ten-month jail term. This
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Free Syrian Arab Red Crescent Volunteer Mohammed Atfah
On 03 February 2013 members of the Army security arbitrarily arrested Mohammed Atfah while he was crossing a checkpoint in his home city of Homs. Mohammed Atfah was
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