Bahrain- Human rights defenders in prison, torturers walk free, and UN Special Rapporteur on torture has no access to the country
The Gulf Center for Human rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) denounce the decision of the Bahraini authorities to cancel the visit of the
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Arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detention of defender Naji Fateel; ongoing harassment and ill-treatment of activist Zainab Al-Khawaja
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) call for urgent action by the international community to stop the ongoing attacks
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Iraq – Assassination of human rights defender Jalal Thyab Al-Jawhar, head of Liberty Supporters Association, which defends the rights of black citizens
With utmost sorrow and grief, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received the news of the assassination of human rights defender Jalal Thyab Al-Jawhar, President of
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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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