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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Saudi Arabia – The authorities prevented human rights defender Sadek Ramadan and his family from traveling to Qatar
On 29th March 2013, Sadek Ramadan attempted to cross the border from Saudi Arabia to Qatar by car with his family. Ramadan intended to spend the week's vacation there,
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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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Qatar- Human rights defenders Mohammed Issa Al-Baker and Mansoor Rashed Al- Matroushi held in incommunicado without access to families or lawyers
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is seriously concerned for the safety and security of human rights defenders Mohammed Issa Al-Baker and Mansoor Rashed Al-
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Flagrant disregard of fair trial guarantees shown at UAE94 trial
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and the Cairo
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Bahrain- Human rights defenders Abdulhadi and Zainab Al-Khawaja on hunger strike protesting their ill-treatment
The Gulf centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received information that human rights defenders Abdulhadi and Zainab Al-Khawaja have started a hunger strike on 17 March
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Oman- Human Rights Defenders Released, but the Crackdown Continues
On 17 March 2013 the Court of Appeal in Muscat, composed of different judges from when it previously heard the case, ordered the release of all detained human rights
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Kuwait- Prominent human rights lawyer Mohammed Al-Fadhli sentenced to a month in prison
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that on 13 March 2013, prominent human rights lawyer Mohammed Al-Fadhli was sentenced in abstentia to a
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